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Demuth: GOP caucus directed Youtuber to Minnesota. A professor explains why it went viral
Gov. Tim Walz has said payments are suspended when fraud is suspected. Broader examinations of suspicious billing claims are in progress. Demuth is among the Republicans challenging Walz in the governor's race.

University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley said the video is flashy, but not meaty. There aren’t a lot of facts to back up the claims.

“It’s a lot of rhetoric with relatively little substance behind it,” Kirtley said.

She spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters about why this video and others like it are going viral within a new media ecosystem.