“ After voters cast their ballots, podcast hosts and guests regularly promoted the lie that the election had been stolen from Trump, relying on debunked evidence, hearsay, and blatant conspiracy tropes to bolster their claims.”īrooking’s report reflected that Bannon’s podcast has carried the weight of “conspiracy-related content on political podcasts,” making up nearly three-quarters of political podcasts the study reviewed. “In hindsight, Bannon’s podcast episode offers a chilling example of the types of unsubstantiated and false claims spread by prominent political podcasters after the 2020 election,” the study said. The Brookings study found that not only had Bannon spread false claims and unsubstantiated information, but he was also a podcaster who played a prominent role in the January 6 insurrection following the 2020 presidential election. Bannon added, “There are no conspiracies, but there are no coincidences,” The New York Times reported.
Brookings researchers downloaded and reviewed 36,603 podcast episodes across the political talk shows and found Bannon’s podcast significantly contrasted with seven of the other top shows reviewed including Glenn Beck and Charlie Kirk, which shared misinformation in more than 10% of their episodes.īannon responded to the Brookings report, telling The New York Times, that it was a “badge of honor” to be placed in the number one spot.īannon’s show started in 2017 and gained in popularity among far-right audiences and conspiracy theorists amidst the covid-19 pandemic when he played host to guests including Clay Clark who claimed Covid was “100% treatable” when those diagnosed with the disease turned to hydroxychloroquine and other medications.Ĭlark also falsely claimed the covid-19 vaccine was made using fetal tissue and that concentration camps are on the horizon.
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