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TBD | The Attack on Florida’s Latino Voters

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Spanish-speaking voters in Florida have been exposed to a steady uptick in falsities and conspiracy theories. This misinformation is shared in WhatsApp groups, Facebook groups, and YouTube channels, then amplified by enormously popular local radio stations. Now there are signs that the flood of misinformation is having an effect. Groups that voted Democrat in 2016 seem to be leaning to the right. Will this onslaught of misinformation tilt the Latino vote in Florida? And if so, what does that mean for Florida’s 29 electoral votes? Guest: Eduardo Gamarra, professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University.   Host Celeste Headlee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's impossible to measure the exact amount of disinformation that's currently flooding

0:08.2

the social media feeds of Latinx people in Florida, but experts describe it as an onslaught.

0:14.7

Messages with false claims about Joe Biden are flooding Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and

0:19.6

even Spanish-language newspapers and radio stations.

0:23.0

We've been monitoring them quite closely over the last couple of months.

0:27.7

This is Eduardo Gamara, a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International

0:32.9

University.

0:33.9

Eduardo and his team have been tracking the flow of disinformation into Florida's Hispanic

0:38.4

communities.

0:39.4

They want to know how this information is spread and, in turn, how it might affect the

0:44.0

vote.

0:48.0

There's one clip in particular that Eduardo keeps thinking about.

0:55.5

It's a clip from Actualidad Radio, a popular station in the Miami area.

1:00.2

It's the third most popular Spanish-language station behind Univision and the top Spanish

1:05.4

music station.

1:06.4

Eduardo says the woman speaking is a regular on the Augustino Custa Show, a Spanish-language

1:12.2

talk radio program.

1:13.8

Basically, she argues that the Black Lives Matter movement is inspired by Black magic,

1:22.7

where people are taking over houses, burning houses, and harming people.

1:28.8

This is a question of why they're destroying, why they're burning, why they're attacking

1:33.1

people from the third age.

1:34.8

And with a specific warning saying, if you vote for Joe Biden, this is exactly what's

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