How Do You Fix Someone Else's Election?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Smears, bots and bags of cash - we reveal some of the tricks used for fiddling elections around the world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's security chiefs say Russian intelligence is actively trying to influence next month's German elections. Meanwhile, from the US to the Netherlands, countries are becoming increasingly wary of election interference. So how do you fix someone else’s election? Hear answers from people who've studied it and even been involved.
Presenter: Neal Razzell Producers: Phoebe Keane, Emily Craig Editor: Emma Rippon
(Photo: Voters go to the polls in the contentious presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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| 0:35.4 | Sounds. |
| 0:36.4 | Welcome to the Inquiry on the BBC World Service. Each week we bring you four expert witnesses answering one pressing question from the news. |
| 0:48.0 | The camera snapped to life as the leaders of Germany and Russia take the stage. |
| 0:56.0 | The Russian speaks first. |
| 0:58.0 | We never interfere with the political process of the extra. |
| 1:02.0 | We never interfere in the political life of other countries, says Vladimir Putin. |
| 1:07.0 | Understanding the harmfulness and futility of such efforts, he continues, it had never crossed our minds to |
| 1:15.1 | meddle in the political processes of other countries. |
| 1:20.3 | It's an awkward moment for the German. Angler Merkel's security chiefs have blamed Russia for a cyber attack on the German parliament |
| 1:27.0 | and say Russian intelligence is actively trying to influence next month's German election. |
| 1:39.0 | American spymasters say it's already happened to the US, though President Trump denies it had any effect. |
| 1:42.0 | I'm Neil Riselle and this week's inquiry delves into a murky world and asks |
| 1:48.0 | how do you fix someone else's election? election. |
| 1:53.0 | Part 1, Money Bags |
| 1:57.0 | A alleged Russian meddling has made our first expert witness an academic Itman. |
| 2:07.0 | I never expected to be so popular. |
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