The National Pulse's Jake Welch reported on the development, citing an article from the Washington Post (WaPo) – which is also owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The virtual assistant cited Rumble and Substack, two platforms that refuse to bow to establishment censorship, as its sources.

Alexa remarked that the 2020 elections were "stolen by a massive amount of election fraud," basing this remark on a Rumble video. It also noted that the election was "notorious for many incidents of irregularities and indications pointing to electoral fraud taking place in major metro centers," citing a Substack piece as its source.

When news of Alexa's "election denialism" broke out, Amazon went on full damage control. The tech giant was forced to immediately announce that it uses so-called "credible sources" – such as Reuters and RealClearPolitics – for Alexa's answers. It also promised to address the problem, which it did by altering Alexa's programming so that it refuses to answer election-related questions.