In this Monday, March 9, 2020, photo, David Kidwell, special projects editor with the Better Government Association, poses for a portrait at his office office in Chicago. Political misinformation is often considered a national and international challenge, in part because of the Russian-based trolls and bots who spread false claims and sowed division in a bid to influence the 2016 U.S. election. It's increasingly a problem on Main Street, too, as local candidates and politici…
March 15, 2020
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March 15, 2020 12:48 a.m.
Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent's town hall events were invite-only, they debunked it.