How to Fake It in America

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The disinformation panic has prompted Democrats to have a far broader reconsideration of how they use the internet. Photo: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
April 2, 2024

When the journalist Sasha Issenberg published his book The Victory Lab, back in 2012, it was hailed as “Moneyball for Politics,” the definitive look at a new generation of operatives who were using statistical modeling and microtargeting to reach voters in new ways. Every smart person I know in politics has it on their bookshelf.