Media, disinfo and lies about immigrants in the race to Election Day

We're in the homestretch to Election Day 2024, and you know what that means: 24/7 coverage of the political horse race through tv, radio and social media. But voters are also getting exposed to false information. In today's show, we'll dig into election mis- and disinformation and why so much of it is targeting immigrants this year.

Amber Boydstun, professor and co-chair of the political science department at University of California, Davis

Jaime Longoria, manager of research and training for the Disinfo Defense League

Shiu-Ming Cheer, deputy director of immigrant and racial justice at the California Immigrant Policy Center

Making Contact Team:

• Episode Host: Lucy Kang
• Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang
• Executive Director: Jina Chung
• Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
• Engineer: Jeff Emtman 
• Digital Marketing Manager: Lissa Deonarain

Music credits:

• "Road to Sunset" by Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay 
• "Clear Ideas (This Comedy Funny) by AlexGrohl from Pixabay
• "Drums" by Andrew Faid from Pixabay
• "Radio.wav" sound effect by davidou from Pixabay

Learn More: 

• Making Contact: www.focmedia.org
• Disinfo Defense League: https://www.disinfodefenseleague.org
• California Immigrant Policy Center: https://caimmigrant.org/

Making Contact is a 29-minute weekly program committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. On the web at www.focmedia.org.