Native America Calling: Prepare for election misinformation

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Prepare for election misinformation

Is there really a mass of Chinese immigrants forming an army within the United States?

Are there legions of ineligible voters deciding elections? Are the people you disagree with politically getting influenced by Russian agents?

News consumers can choose where they get their facts from — and increasingly those facts are in dispute. A new poll by the Media Insight Project finds 53% of those asked think news organizations will report inaccuracies or misinformation about the upcoming election.

Join Native America Calling to get some clues about what Native news consumers should look out for, and what news organizations could do to restore trust in their products.

A sign reading “Vote to Protect” is displayed by the Native Organizers Alliance during the final stop of the Red Road to DC in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Guests on Native America Calling

Cristina Azocar (Upper Mattaponi), professor of journalism at San Francisco State University

Jason Begay (Navajo), associate professor at The University of Montana School of Journalism

Angel Ellis (Muscogee [Creek] Nation), director of Mvskoke Media, treasurer for the Indigenous Journalists Association, board member for Oklahoma Media Center, and co-host of the Pretendians podcast by Canadaland