Misinformation targeted Latino voters in the 2020 election

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Misleading memes and videos went viral in some Latino communities.

MORE: Florida's Latino voters being bombarded with right-wing misinformation, experts and advocates say

"You take advantage of harbored anti-Blackness and people are quick to jump on things which reinforce their own prejudices," he said."[The misinformation content] was never blatant racism, it was a little more nuanced." One disinformation narrative which Longoria called"very effective" for Cubans and Nicaraguans in South Florida, pushed the idea that Black Lives Matter was a"communist conspiracy."

"The worst thing," for many people in these communities, is to be called"a communist or a socialist," Molina said."Biden's career proves he is not a communist, but the ads and memes about him being a 'Trojan horse for communism,' were never ending." She cited an example of a viral picture of Barack Obama in Cuba with an image of Che Guevara photoshopped onto his shirt. Molina said the fake image, which has been circulating online for years, reappeared on social media in the weeks before the election.

 

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Hunter Biden under investigation for money laundering and sex trafficking. How close he is to the WH is disgusting. Where is that report?

The “Look over their move”

If the DEMOCRATS really want to REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP from OFFICE, they will have to move U.S. FIRST, because we will be GUARDING the WHITEHOUSE on 01-20-2020! NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of AMERICAN CITIZENS

This is truly sad! Pretty sure it was done purposely.

For Trump, who is so constantly concerned about his image, DESPERATION IS NOT A GOOD LOOK! 👀 ___

Well, if you are not an informed citizen that you'll be the loser!

The smart Latinos are with Trump not Biden who wants to bring calmness to this country and raise taxes! You got to be a damn fool to vote for Biden and to be honest I don’t think nobody voted for a stupid ass they stole the election and they will get caught

Tell me about it.

No it didn’t. Latinos like many Americans like to work to provide for their families

The GOP have successfully adopted Putin's playbook. Target minority populations with fear mongering lies, conspiracy theories, & threats.

really?! Cause Telemundo, Univisión & their radio stations only advocated Pro Biden. 99% of news, commercials, comments told Latinos of how horribly racist and Nazi like Trump was. Misinformation indeed. Texas Latinos deep Democrats switched, explain that; Jobs, care about jobs

Latin and Hispanic voters are being painted as scapegoats for Trump’s overwhelming support from white voters

That's insulting.

Abc news is fake news controlled by the democrats

ABCNews (D) claiming Hispanics are too dumb to decipher memes. If only they would just follow ABCNews propaganda, then they would fall back into line like good little people of color are supposed to do.

and the penalty for the Lies, Propaganda, 'misleading' misinformation

It is a choice to be swayed by misinformation.

biden is sick. harris will crown herself US president POTUS DrBiden

Omg, if you researched both sides this would be debunked. Latino's know what they want, the BS that they should vote democrats is so f-ing demeaning to the race!

The media only ever believes in conspiracy theories when it benefits the democrats.

omg

Hilarious. Couldnt be Latinos moved to the GOP because of crazy socialist policies by democrats.

Going forward we need to be more vigilant against these kinds of schemes. Latino's were unquestionably target by the Trump administration and largely through Youtube.

Because they voted massively for Trump it is misinformation that made that possible while those that voted for Biden is because of the science and Stacy Abraham grassroots strategy of bringing out the minority group to vote. I wonder what the media houses take us for, BIG FOOLS

Huh? I thought you targeted everyone. Racists. 🤣

More BS from the fake news. Stop trying to manipulate the electorate.

wow

Nice try, ABC. Just stop lying.

Imagine thinking Latinos were so stupid they didn’t vote for your preferred candidate because of memes

An entire Disney owned network with viral with misinformation. The other side of the argument isn't misinformation, it's a different perspective. Check your privilege.

Ever thought that perhaps it isnt memes and youtube videos thats reminding them of the socialist countries they've fled but rather committees like these that sensors their information and tell them what they should believe and who to vote for?

Oh? You mean they didn’t follow your propaganda? How interesting....

Translation: ABC is racist

This is just pitiful journalism.

Sorry. I don't trust sanzscript .

did you notify the 'Top Latinos' `? ;)

Misleading media caused most of the Latino support. So thanks.

Nowadays, unmasking lefties is considered synonimous of being Far Right... right! Mainstream media is the least reliable source of information and you expect us to believe you at face value? Give me data, post a link to all those memes and let us make our own opinion. Fakenews

I enjoy how the media assumes us lowly plebes who vote the wrong way are just dumb as hell and need their guidance. Yes memes are the reason, memes.

'Latinos were hoodwinked into voting the opposite of how we wanted them to.' The left are the racists, people.

White libs are the most racist group in the US.

The it was ‘Right Wing’ disinformation. Or in my Country ‘The Right Wing Press’ that made people vote Brexit. Of course what they’re really saying is Latino Communities are to thick to think for themselves just like Brexit. How utterly bigoted and patronising. 🙄

Stop insulting Latinos. You are FakeNews

Translation: They read something on Twitter that you didn't want them to read. Oops.

Yeah, nothing like people that have actually lived in communist and socialist countries to recognize the Democratic party for what it is.

The racism in this article is thick

Insulting BS

Proving, once again, the ABC thinks Latinos are great for housekeeping, lawn care, and other menial jobs as long as they vote a certain way.

If thinks Latinos and Latinas are too stupid know how to vote, then maybe should also suggest each one should get only 3/5 of a vote.

No, no, no! You're supposed to vote the way we tell you to, not the way you want to.

Do you think Latinos are too stupid to understand you are painting them as gullible or even dumb? Or that is in a dead heat for Emperor of Misinformation?

Memes huh?

Have you ever noticed the media cause any negative attention towards Democrats 'misinformation', yeah everything they say about Trump and Republicans is 100% accurate and true?

ABC=All Bull Chit!

ABC news thinks Latinos are too stupid to decide who they should vote for

Stupid insulting bullshit from 'news'.

Nice subtle racism

'Misleading memes' lol

ABC thinks Latinos are dumb. Noted.

The mainstream media once again blaming voters instead of themselves

No it didn't we just released how corrupt the DNC is

Hello again, ABC! 😂😂

Have you been on Facebook lately - all memes all the time. Every one is misleading and the Latino community is not the only one who is seeing these. If you are someone who's political viewpoint is shaped by Facebook memes there is very little that can be done about that.

Did they come from ABC News? 😉

I'll take ABC News Calling Latinos Stupid for $500, Alex.

Any word on whether all the black people who had the audacity to vote for Trump have turned white yet, as per Joe Biden's stern warning?

Did they say untrue and misleading things about how Hispanic people will starve without Democrats getting them hooked on public assistance? Or how Southern border security means hating Mexicans because all Mexicans are drug runners & human traffickers? DNCisRacist

This is kinda saying Latinos are too stupid to think for themselves Maybe stop changing their languages would be a great strategy

One other thing: You people lied so much about Trump for the past 4 years, including the Russia Collusion Hoax and the faux Impeachment that it's rich that you accuse others of disinfo. We see RIGHT through you. Buh bye.

Media is like why would Hispanics swing towards Trump in 2020? Must have been memes! Our media is shit.

So you think you're going to bring Latinos back to the Dems by telling them that they're stupid and gullible? Let us know how that works out.

ABC has such disregard for Latin Americans

Wait... what? No self reflection or thought process? Memes and videos tricked specifically latinos? No critical thought caused individual choices? OMG. It sounds like you called latinos stupid? That is actually horrific... you seriously need to delete this story... abc

More media warmups for demanding government control of the Internet. They really miss being the political gatekeepers. Let the government be in charge of ruling fact from fake news and it will be the end of free speech.

So, you think Latinos are stupid. Of course you do.

The soft bigotry of low expectations

It was this meme

racist

Don't we all make important voting decisions based on memes?

ABC playing the “Stupid Latinos”card.

LATINX! American Bigot Channel! :p

Are you implying Hispanics are too stupid to understand memes? That's pretty bigoted of you. Get better editors.

What a load of shit

Keep telling yourselves that's why latinos are leaving the party you work for, and they'll keep leaving....

Ditched “latinx” already, huh

And...we have a BINGO!

OK, this 'news' 'story' a keeper, no question. The sheer litany of 'poster child' examples here covers the gambit 'How the legacy media destroyed Journalism' volumes 1 through ?. At a minimum = to 1 full ABC Evening News broadcast. And so many levels of irony? Chef's kiss.

I’m sure that the Latino community only supports people that say “me casa, you casa”.

Oh shut up fascists. This article never gets written if some Latino voter is sacred into thinking conservatives are running death camps for mexicans. Not accepting leftist propaganda or politics 'accepting misinformation.' Rot in hell

I found a GIF of your credibility as news agency these days.

You do realize you’re implying Latinos are not smart enough to discern misinformation, or even humor or parody, in memes and videos, yes? That they accepted the obvious disinformation as fact and spread it among themselves, affecting their own voting habits. Racist much?

Leftist Hispanic stations called Univision and Telemundo mislead millions of Spanish-speaking Hispanics day in and day out and you are focused on 'memes'?. We are not dumb y no somos PENDEJOS! The tide is shifting, family, fear of GOD, business owners, hard workers, that is us!

phht don't they know that's your job.

EnemyOfThePeople and condescending racists on top of that

Why can’t liberals get their point across without demeaning entire groups of people.

RuSsiAns!!!

So... Latinos are stupid? Areyou saying that because they started voting for Trump? Wow!

Russia was hard at work again.

Yea. That's why...not the dems complete embrace of socialist ideals shunned by people who grew up with it in their countries...no gotta be those memes...

ABC basically calling Latinos idiots.....yes the people that had Biden up 17 in Wisconsin and 7 in Michigan are calling someone else stupid

Tell Latinos that you're certain it wasn't their fault, as they're far too stupid to make rational choices themselves? They must have been tricked somehow; which is easy because they're idiots? 🤔 Good plan. Now they're sure to support you!

Racist much

God this is so patronizing, as stupid as all the Russia stole the 2016 election stuff. Maybe ask yourself why a lot of Latinos didn’t want to vote for Dems rather than calling them stupid:

The Democratic Party can never fail, there is always some other explanation. Get ready for four years of corporate media hacks weaponizing accusations of 'misinformation' to bully critics and shield Democratic leaders from accountability.

So you think they're too stupid to understand? Nice take FakeNewsMedia

So condescending

So basically what ABC is saying is Latinos are too stupid to know the difference.

So... 'these people as a group are too dumb to make their own decisions. They must do as we tell them. It's for their own good.' Racist much?

'Those dumb latinos' is not gonna do as well as you might think...

This is gross. I’ve never seen an industry dig it’s own grave as enthusiastically as corporate media. Pro tip: if your worldview depends on the assertion that people are gullible, at least don’t call them that to their face.

Yeah, it couldn't possibly be that Trump and his policy positions resonated with those voters. Nope, according to they're too fucking dumb to think for themselves and were tricked by memes. exhibiting the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Are you sure you want to imply that Latinos are easily mislead by MEMES?

Has come clean on misleading the entire world about nonexistent pee tape...and all the other fake bs. And don’t tell us you didn’t know it was all fake.

ABC still pushing the “some minorities didn’t vote like they were supposed to” agenda. - Dems exploit minorities, and are outraged & shocked when they don’t comply. They shame & vilify those who don’t comply.

Hurry! Censor information before people have thing think for themselves!!

‘slaughter in Syria’ Remember that?

I think it's spelled Latinx

Abc: 'Latinos cant think for themselves'

Thanks Disney Corp

Why is it that ppl that come from Europe are Italian, Polish, English, German, Serbian and the like, but everyone from the caribbean and south of the border are Latinos or worse yet Latinx?

“video went viral with a title labeling the women as members of Black Lives Matter. Despite being flagged with a fact-check tag on Facebook noting that the women were not affiliated with Black Lives Matter, the video has been shared nearly 180,000 times on that platform alone.”

😆 yeah memes

Basically trying to say Latinos aren’t smart. Wow

You really need to step up your censorship game ABC “news.” I know you can do it

ABC thinks Latinos are stupid.....

Everyone knows it’s ABC’s job to mislead people.

Heaven forbid Latinos think differently.

This is how democracy dies, Not through violence, But a president’s lies.

ABC News thinks Latinos are dumb.

Coming from abcnews... misinformation is pretty funny...🤔😏

I wondered how the corporate media would explain away places like Miami-Dade. The corporate media has decided Stalinism is great and Latino voters are gullible.

'journalists' advocating for more censorship hoping that they can control the narrative?

aka 'whatever made the Latino community not vote in our interest, will just be considered as misinformation. Because true facts could've led you to vote for Biden'

Oh here we go folks

Who the F wrote this article a clueless Anglo?

Lol, so going with Latinos are stupid I see. How about they decided the direction they wanted to go like adults and went.

ABC once reported on video footage they claimed was from Syria. It was actually a gun range in Kentucky.

What, these brown folks you enlightened white folks invited here aren’t all voting as you expected? I’d like to personally apologize for all of us who transgressed and promise to try to do better next time, my Lord

cool. I like the misleading memes best

Don’t you mean Latinx?

If minorities don't vote how we want them to then they must have been victims of propaganda.. Absolutely zero self-critical capacity on the left.

Soft bigotry of low expectations Typical liberal savior complex

Now tell me about misleading Russian collusion stories

ABC: Latinos/latinas are easily fooled and we need to save them from the evil Republicans.

Misinformation targeted the entire country from most news outlets. 🙄

Wonder how much the demorats paid them to carry those signs.

You mean Latinx!

Just a hunch, but being a non-white and voting for a white supremacist (memes, Facebook, or Fox News) shouldn’t sway self interest.

Hahaha gotta make excuses on why Latinos would vote R... ya hate to see it

A GOP candidate won... As the Dem incumbent who's last name just so happened to be the same as a 3rd party Independent plant candidate by the GOP. Investigations into the Independent are finding lots of shade. Recently changed his registration from Republican as well.

So are you implying that Latinos are easily fooled by memes and trickery? Feels racist

The world went to shit when boomers decided memes = news.

Latino people are standing with realDonaldTrump !

That's the only way trump and the GOP can win They should be arrested and tried.

This is misleading

it's called ABC news

Less misleading than ABC “news” I would imagine

Anything that doesn't conform to the establishment narrative and official explanations is labeled misinformation.

Baby Boomers Belize every meme to be true.

Nacho Libre

A Venezuelan friend said she wouldn’t vote because “Biden is a socialist.”

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Bahahahaha the irony of this post

Good people.

Majority of Latinos I know voted for Trump

And who didn't think this would happen?

Is this your excuse for so many Latinos voting for realDonaldTrump ? Truth is the Latino culture is very conservative and very Christian. You’re the problem bethesolution

Liars are truly the worst of us. Deplorable

'stupid mexicans' - admit it, that's what you wanted to say

Misleading memes. That's the only kind they have.

ABC News, arbiter of truth.

Biden touched young girls.

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