WEDNESDAY, OCT 05, 2022 - 04:40 PM
The New York Times initially framed a story on an election software company’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” but within 24 hours the story turned out to be true.
A Times article
published Tuesday reported that “right-wing” election deniers in Arizona had crafted a conspiracy theory that election software company Konnech had secret ties to the CCP and gave the party access to personal information about two million U.S. poll workers.
The latest salvo from the left in the ongoing 'unpersoning' of anyone (on the right) who questions election integrity
fell flat on its face in less than a day.
"At an invitation-only conference in August at a secret location southeast of Phoenix, a group of election deniers unspooled a new conspiracy theory about the 2020 presidential outcome," was the Times' original lede (via the
Daily Caller).
In it, the
Times wrote that "right-wing" election deniers in Arizona had fabricated a conspiracy theory that election software company Konnech had secret ties to the CCP, and was passing them information on around two million US poll workers.
"In the two years since former President Donald J. Trump lost his re-election bid, conspiracy theorists have subjected election officials and private companies that play a major role in elections to a barrage of outlandish voter fraud claims," reads the article. "But the attacks on Konnech demonstrate how far-right election deniers are also giving more attention to new and more secondary companies and groups. Their claims often find a receptive online audience, which then uses the assertions to raise doubts about the integrity of American elections."
The next morning, Konnech executive Eugene Yu was arrested for the alleged theft of poll workers' personal information.
Read this
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/technology/konnech-election-conspiracy-theories.html
Election deniers catapulted a Michigan firm with just 21 U.S. employees to the center of unfounded voter fraud claims, exposing it to vicious threats.
www.nytimes.com
Then this
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/technology/election-software-arrested.html
The executive, Eugene Yu, and his firm, Konnech, have been a focus of attention among election deniers.
www.nytimes.com
Whoops... assholes.