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Media-bashing robocalls, chloroquine Twitter trolls, briefing-room propaganda—my story on the Orwellian campaign of revisionist history to convince voters Trump was right about the coronavirus all along:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share …
Six weeks ago, Trump was telling a crowd of supporters in South Carolina there was no reason to worry about the coronavirus. Now, more than 25,000 Americans have died and he's recasting himself as a pandemic prophet. The revisionism is dystopian.https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/ …
Late last month, as shelter-in-place orders went into effect, people across the country started receiving robocalls attacking the media's coverage of Trump. I looked into it after a woman in Texas described it for me. Turns out they were from the NRCC: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/ …pic.twitter.com/fG1Z9gvSCD
Democrats have been testing the effect of Trump's coronavirus briefings: One strategist told me that when voters were shown 90 seconds of one, Trump's performance in head-to-heat matchup with Biden improved by more than 2 points.https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/ …
The data firm Graphika mapped the Twitter conversation around Trump-endorsed miracle drug chloroquine. As well as being boosted by MAGA twitter, they found, it's a popular topic with conspiracists—common hashtags include #Soros, #Gates, and #DarkToLighthttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/ …
Meanwhile, on Fox News, Trump's allies are staying (cautiously) on message: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/ …pic.twitter.com/lUUkw3nyRW
One last thought: I've been reporting for months on the "disinformation architecture" Trump is relying on for reelection. (Read more here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-2020-disinformation-war/605530/ …) This current effort to rewrite history is the most brazen thing I've seen—and it could workhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/trump-coronavirus-message/610009/ …
I spoke with @katlwells and @jameshamblin about my story today on coronavirus disinformation. You can listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-these-tweets-real/id1502770015?i=1000471590826 … (but you should really already be subscribing to the Social Distance podcast—if you're not, go fix that!)
we've always been at war with oceania @blakehounshell
Not unlike the revisionist versions of January and February being promoted by @nytimes, et al, in which Trump "knew", ignored all warnings and dithered.
Journalists would like us to ignore the fact that they dismissed and mocked him for his abrupt actions.
Except we have emails from his advisors showing that he knew, and warnings from members of Congress that enough wasn’t being done. But aside from that, if Trump makes decisions based on what New York Times reporters say, then he is unfit for office.
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