"And the challenge, of course, is that anybody can be a podcaster, anybody can get a microphone and start talking about whatever they want." "There's something inherent to the relationship between a host and the audience that lends this level of credibility, this level of trust," Valerie Wirtschafter, a senior data analyst who led the Brookings research, told AFP. But the intimate, conversational format also helps enable the spread of rampant misinformation. 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.Ĭommentator Joe Rogan, whose podcast is the most popular on Spotify, has also used his platform to push unproven Covid-19 treatments.Īnalysts say people seek out the shows that reaffirm their own beliefs. Many podcasts - on-demand audio programs which users can listen to on smartphones - bluntly promote false and unproven claims. WASHINGTON - Misinformation about everything from election fraud to Covid-19 vaccines is reaching millions of Americans through a popular but opaque medium: podcasts.
Steve Bannon, former chief strategist in the administration of US former President Donald Trump, appears on the screen as he delivers his video message during the second day session of the Conservative Political Action Conference Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, May 5, 2023.
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