WASHINGTON: Rob Lever Misinformation about everything from election fraud to Covid-19 vaccines is reaching millions of Americans through a popular but opaque medium: podcasts. Many podcasts – on-demand audio programs which users can listen to on smartphones – bluntly promote false and unproven claims. The Brookings Institution found War Room from former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon has aired the most false statements, amassing more than 135 million downloads while promoting allegations of vote rigging in the 2020 US election.

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