The Rand Corp. has a paper on how to combat the 'firehose of falsehoods,' a Russian propaganda technique.
(The technique is also used by Fox and America's far right-wing. What a coincidence, right?)
The paper is here: rand.org/pubs/perspecti…
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(The technique is also used by Fox and America's far right-wing. What a coincidence, right?)
The paper is here: rand.org/pubs/perspecti…
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https://twitter.com/doclooneyco/status/1498330134188675074
The use of this method tells rapid and continuous stream of lies.
The user exhibits a “shameless willingness” to tell outrageous lies that lots of people know are lies.
The liar doesn’t care about consistency. He doesn’t care if it’s obvious he’s lying.
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The user exhibits a “shameless willingness” to tell outrageous lies that lots of people know are lies.
The liar doesn’t care about consistency. He doesn’t care if it’s obvious he’s lying.
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The goal is the “disruption of truthful reporting and messaging.”
While we must refute the falsehoods, “retractions and refutations are seldom effective.”
Therefore, “Don’t expect to counter the Firehose of Falsehood with a squirt gun of truth.”
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While we must refute the falsehoods, “retractions and refutations are seldom effective.”
Therefore, “Don’t expect to counter the Firehose of Falsehood with a squirt gun of truth.”
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Instead, the solution is to put raincoats on the population.
When people expect the lies from certain players, the lies more easily roll off.
In 2016, it was clear the Ukrainains were already wise to Russian propaganda models.
Many in the US were fooled.
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When people expect the lies from certain players, the lies more easily roll off.
In 2016, it was clear the Ukrainains were already wise to Russian propaganda models.
Many in the US were fooled.
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Biden understood that it's better to get in front of the lie.
It's harder to refute a lie after it's told.
That's why he rapidly approved the release of intelligence about what Putin was going to say and do.
He took away the liar's advantage: First impressions.
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It's harder to refute a lie after it's told.
That's why he rapidly approved the release of intelligence about what Putin was going to say and do.
He took away the liar's advantage: First impressions.
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Remember when Zelenskyy announced that he's the #1 Russian target (his family was #2) so that might be the last time we see him alive?
He flipped the narrative so if he did die, it's harder for Russia to say "oops it was an accident."
Zelenskyy knows who he's dealing with.
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He flipped the narrative so if he did die, it's harder for Russia to say "oops it was an accident."
Zelenskyy knows who he's dealing with.
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Exactly. It's also important to understand why the liars lie.
Now, some vulnerable people believe whatever Fox News tells them. But many who spread the lies know they are lying and they are doing it for a reason.
The reason makes perfect sense . . .
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Now, some vulnerable people believe whatever Fox News tells them. But many who spread the lies know they are lying and they are doing it for a reason.
The reason makes perfect sense . . .
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https://twitter.com/steve_yautz/status/1498333205656743941
They lie because they want to destroy, and they know the lies destroy. I wrote this for Slate Magazine in 2018⤵️
If you all want me to keep going, I'll keep citing academic studies. 🤓
First, a quotation from Sarah Huckabee Sanders . . .
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slate.com/news-and-polit…
If you all want me to keep going, I'll keep citing academic studies. 🤓
First, a quotation from Sarah Huckabee Sanders . . .
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slate.com/news-and-polit…
She defended Trump's lies by saying that the lies pointed out an important truth.
Scholars Oliver Hahl, Minjae Kim, and Ezra W. Zickerman Sivan, in “The Authentic Appeal of the Lying Demagogue,” explain. . . .
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Scholars Oliver Hahl, Minjae Kim, and Ezra W. Zickerman Sivan, in “The Authentic Appeal of the Lying Demagogue,” explain. . . .
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This is about the liars in the United States, not the liars ruling Russia.
In Russia, the lies maintain fascism.
In the US, they are designed to destroy the "political establishment."
Why do they want to do that?
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
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In Russia, the lies maintain fascism.
In the US, they are designed to destroy the "political establishment."
Why do they want to do that?
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
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The people who want to destroy the "political establishment" believe that the government no longer represents people "like them" and thus lacks legitimacy.
This brings us to why the US embraces Putin's Russia. I have a few recent threads on that:
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This brings us to why the US embraces Putin's Russia. I have a few recent threads on that:
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1497691828987916288
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Correct ⤵️
To connect all the dots: People who accept lies from people like Trump and Putin do so because the lies speak to what they think is an underlying "truth" such as "Ukraine is part of Russia" or "whites are the real Americans."
https://twitter.com/steve_yautz/status/1498333205656743941
To connect all the dots: People who accept lies from people like Trump and Putin do so because the lies speak to what they think is an underlying "truth" such as "Ukraine is part of Russia" or "whites are the real Americans."
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