Summary
The attack on the U.S. Capitol was based on a “Big Lie” about election fraud in 2020, and the hope of supporters of former President Donald Trump that they could stop the certification of electoral vote results. But in the year since, there's been a new misinformation campaign to recast, downplay, and misrepresent the events that unfolded at the capitol. Amna Nawaz reports.
Five Facts
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What
is some of the misinformation spread about the attack on the Capitol, according to this piece?
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Who
is spreading this misinformation?
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Why
is this misinformation harmful or significant, according to this piece?
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How
do Americans differ in how the view the Jan. 6 attack, according to the poll mentioned in this piece?
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How
is misinformation about Jan. 6 connected to other misinformation in this piece?
Focus Questions
The journalist interviewed in this piece compares those who spread misinformation about the Jan. 6 attack to supporters of "Lost Cause" mythology, which was the misinformation spread in the South about the Civil War in its aftermath. Do you think this is a fair comparison? Why or why not?
Media literacy:
Did this piece do a good enough job explaining what kinds of misinformation is being spread about the attack on Jan. 6? What else would you like to know?
