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Watch Boris Johnson describe in detail Steve Bannon's strategy of 'flooding the zone with shit'.
In 2018, Bannon said: “The Democrats don’t matter. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
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Watch Boris Johnson describe in detail Steve Bannon's strategy of 'flooding the zone with shit'.
In 2018, Bannon said: “The Democrats don’t matter. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
dorseteye.com/boris-johnson-…
No matter how clear a case opposition parties or other critics of Boris Johnson & the Government make, Bannon's strategy means no single version of the truth is ever going to be accepted. This fact underscores a serious problem for our democratic culture. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
No amount of evidence, on virtually any topic, is likely to move public opinion one way or the other.
We can attribute some of this to rank partisanship — some people simply refuse to acknowledge inconvenient facts about their own side.
We can attribute some of this to rank partisanship — some people simply refuse to acknowledge inconvenient facts about their own side.
As we all watch #disinformation and #propaganda attacks unfolding in real time, remember that knowledge is power -- understanding how these attacks work and what their goals are in order to fight them is key:
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Part I of our ongoing series deals with a model called "the firehose of falsehood," or simply "#firehosing":
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