Trump, Misinformation & Australia's Soccer Team

0:00It's March 23rd. This is Adelaide News today, your AI-powered local news. Two weeks ago, former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social urging Australia's Prime Minister to grant asylum to Iran's national women's. Soccer team claiming they faced death if sent home. He quickly followed up with a correction, saying officials were handling it, with five players already safe and the others on their way out. In the brief gap, false claims spread fast online, with some media outlets wrongly suggesting Trump had influenced Australia's decision to send this team back. This incident highlights the growing challenge of sorting fact from fiction in our online world, where misinformation fuels confusion and wrong. Narratives. ABC journalist, Hamish McDonald, explores this issue in his new documentary, The Matter Effects, breaking down how disinformation is reshaping what we trust every day.