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The Infodemic—April 3

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Here are a few narratives - real and fake - that have caught our attention.

As a large Russian military aircraft landed at JFK with 60 tons of medical supplies to support America’s Covid-19 response, Trump said he was not worried about Russian propaganda. 

Someone who is worried about Russian propaganda is Italian journalist Jacopo Iacobini. Last night, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a threatening statement against Iacobini’s reporting on its facebook page.