Latino voters will be one of the most decisive groups in the 2024 presidential election and

according to a recent survey they are bombarded with political falsehoods.

There is nothing inherent to Latino communities

that makes us more susceptible or less accurate

in identifying disinformation.

But Latinos are more likely to get news from social media where falsehoods often go unchecked, especially in Spanish.

Groups that track the flow of disinformation say they've seen an increase in false messages about abortion, specifically targeting

Spanish-speaking voters.

We see in English in Spanish and Latino spaces, the met a narrative of election frauds

and the immigration related disinformation.

They are not receiving the same quality of information,

not from the government, not from the media. It's notes from America. I'm Kay Wright. Welcome to the show. We live in a post-truth political world.

It's almost a banal observation to make at this point as the lies have grown more outlandish.

I mean, immigrants eating dogs and cats, really.

And as repeatedly debunk claims,

keep finding new life in increasingly fantastic tales.

And so, voters will yet again feel their way through a my asthma of lies

as they trod to the polls this fall.

It's the not so new normal.

But this week, we're going to focus on one type of media,

a particularly consequential one,

where the fog of disinformation has grown thick.

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