Thread by @2020Partnership

1/ Last week, we predicted we'd see “premature declarations of victory.” This prediction came true in Trump’s press conference on Tue night, when he falsely claimed he won the election. We look at which breaking news headlines covered his claim accurately
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2/ To understand how this claim of victory was framed by media, our research team analyzed headlines from breaking news stories that mentioned the claim in the hour after the press conference.

3/ Fortunately, many media organizations either corrected or qualified Trump’s statement in their headlines. Some used direct corrections, such as the common “falsely claims,” whereas others used qualifications, such as “despite uncounted votes.”

4/ Editors should expect more unsubstantiated or outright false claims in the coming days, esp around voter fraud. As such, they should continue to carefully craft headlines to reduce the spread of misinformation. Our full list of media recommendations:
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