Most people believe political parties issued misinformation during the lead-up to the May 14 election, both to smear rivals and to win popularity, according to a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Asked whether they believed the parties used social media to attack or smear rivals, a majority or 56.49% said “yes” – 31.22% to a moderate degree and 25.27% a lot. On the other side, 23.59% said “definitely not”, while 19.31% said “yes, but only to a small degree”. The rest, 0.61%, had no answer or were not interested.
Asked whether they believed political parties had…
