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In this Monday, March 9, 2020, photo, David Kidwell, special projects editor with the Better Government Association, poses for a portrait at his office office in Chicago. Political misinformation is often considered a national and international challenge, in part because of the Russian-based trolls and bots who spread false claims and sowed division in a bid to influence the 2016 U.S. election. It's increasingly a problem on Main Street, too, as local candidates and politicians adopt misinformation tactics and local news organizations shrink or shut down, leaving residents with fewer credible sources of information. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news
March 15, 2020 3:48 a.m.

Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent's town hall events were invite-only, they debunked it.