text_1: “The mainstream media pretended there was a deadly surge in COVID cases thanks to Wisconsinites voting.”
text_2: This news broadcast gave no evidence of its claim about errant mainstream media reporting. Our review of state and national articles about the election found no references to a “surge” or anything close to that. Reports accurately listed the number of cases potentially related to the election and the caveat that we can’t know the origin of those cases for sure. The conspiracy implied by the use of “pretended” makes this even more ridiculous, since there isn’t proof any reporting was wrong in the first place.