The Antifa Myth
What happened when a small town got itself ginned up about a threat that never came.

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Episode Notes
To hear the president tell it, you would think that antifa activists are blanketing the country, bringing their campaign of vandalism and looting and lawlessness to your town. These fears are sown and circulated through digital whisper networks that can be hard for outsiders to penetrate. But the online rumors are having real-life consequences.
Guest: Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News correspondent. Read her latest.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Danielle Hewitt.