The Trump administration tells baldfaced lies, knowing they are lying, and knowing people will find out.
This is part of the Firehose of Falsehoods propaganda method, described here⤵️
The liar gains the advantage of offering the first impression, which is hard to overcome.
Refuting the lie is never completely effective.
That's why they do it.
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…
@tedlieu
The liar gains the advantage of offering the first impression, which is hard to overcome.
Refuting the lie is never completely effective.
That's why they do it.
rand.org/pubs/perspecti…
@tedlieu
Yes. If the liar keeps up a relentless stream of lies, the fact checkers can't keep up. People give up trying to sort out what's true.
That's when truth is obliterated.
Trump's real war is on truth itself.
If he destroys truth, democracy goes with it.
That's when truth is obliterated.
Trump's real war is on truth itself.
If he destroys truth, democracy goes with it.
Yale professor @TimothyDSnyder is a world class scholar of authoritarian regimes.
Also from @jasonintrator: "Without truth, we cannot speak truth to power. So there is only power."
Also from @jasonintrator: "Without truth, we cannot speak truth to power. So there is only power."
This is correct. Trump would be nothing without a well-oiled propaganda loop.
@JohnWDean said that Nixon might have survived if he'd had Fox News.
In fact, right wing media arose after Nixon, built by Nixon sympathizers.
politico.com/magazine/story…
@JohnWDean said that Nixon might have survived if he'd had Fox News.
In fact, right wing media arose after Nixon, built by Nixon sympathizers.
politico.com/magazine/story…
Good observation ⤵️
In Us v Them politics, the idea is to win by any means necessary (which includes embracing lies).
You all get this. I feel like the mother singing 🎶They don't need me any more🎶
I guess we still keep tweeting it, right?
In Us v Them politics, the idea is to win by any means necessary (which includes embracing lies).
You all get this. I feel like the mother singing 🎶They don't need me any more🎶
I guess we still keep tweeting it, right?
