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Election-fraud liars are scrambling to avoid lawsuits, but they can't retract the damage they've done
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Trump-friendly media outlets like OAN and Newsmax have walked back their claims of election fraud.
Two voting-tech companies — Smartmatic and Dominion — were made the grand conspiracy's boogeymen.
Outlets that have cynically sowed distrust in democracy can never undo the damage they've caused.
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The mass delusion that rampant election fraud cost Donald Trump the 2020 election isn't an overnight phenomenon.
It required the steady hum of repetition for it to become ingrained in the minds of Trump supporters.
Whether it was from a meme on Facebook or a conservative news network or a right-wing conspiracy blog, the deluge of lies stuck in the brains of millions.
Some of those consumed by these lies stormed the Capitol; many more say they no longer believe in American democracy.
But now the voting-technology companies that have been slandered, libeled, and had their business' reputations effectively destroyed as a result of these election-fraud lies are fighting back with billion-dollar lawsuits and hints of more to come.
As a result, the retractions from the Trump-media ecosphere are coming fast and furious.
Just Tuesday, Newsmax cut off MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell when he started ranting about Dominion voting machines. One of the hosts then read a prepared statement asserting that Newsmax had seen no evidence of voting-machine fraud and that the election was fair, legal, and over.
But no matter how much they'd like to convince opposition lawyers that they've corrected the record, the Trumpist liars can never retract the damage they've done.