Posted on Aug 23, 2018
Defence against the dark arts: giving ‘fake news’ the boot | The Strategist
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"But disinformation and disinformation campaigns are neither new nor benign. The so-called dark arts of psychological warfare, disinformation campaigns are a tried and tested tactic to foster distrust in the government.
During World War II, a journalist named Sefton Delmer was recruited for Britain’s Political Warfare Executive to wage a disinformation campaign against the German population. His team invented rumours suggesting elite corruption, jokes poking fun at the authorities, and anti-authority symbols. He ran a radio station staffed by a supposed German ‘insider’ who spread conspiracies about the German government.
As Delmer put it:
The objective … is subversive. We want to spread disruptive and disturbing news among the Germans which will induce them to distrust their government and disobey it, not so much from high-minded political motives as from ordinary human weakness … We are making no attempt to build up a political following in Germany."
During World War II, a journalist named Sefton Delmer was recruited for Britain’s Political Warfare Executive to wage a disinformation campaign against the German population. His team invented rumours suggesting elite corruption, jokes poking fun at the authorities, and anti-authority symbols. He ran a radio station staffed by a supposed German ‘insider’ who spread conspiracies about the German government.
As Delmer put it:
The objective … is subversive. We want to spread disruptive and disturbing news among the Germans which will induce them to distrust their government and disobey it, not so much from high-minded political motives as from ordinary human weakness … We are making no attempt to build up a political following in Germany."
Defence against the dark arts: giving ‘fake news’ the boot | The Strategist
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LTC Eric Udouj I a man surprised how quick people who revel in conspiracy and doubting the government swallow propaganda...usually because it fits heir existing biases and beliefs. Read, pause, question, consider the source both the author (like anything by Todd Starnes or Mikey Winestein), Publishing entity, and their motives/affiliations before ascribing truth to it or posting it a gospel.
http://www.adfontesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Media-Bias-Chart_Version-3.1_Watermark-min.jpg
http://www.adfontesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Media-Bias-Chart_Version-3.1_Watermark-min.jpg
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LTC Eric Udouj
Some strive very hard to believe their own perceptions and entice others to believe them as well - despite not having the first idea of reality. And though that may sound like I am describing CENTCOM... am actually writing it about that same group you are mentioning..
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LTC Jason Mackay
LTC Eric Udouj - being duped is equal opportunity. Conservative, liberal, rich, poor, Trump train, Antifa, so on and so on.
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Interesting article, LTC Eric Udouj. The solution the author suggests will never work. The purveyors of "fake" news (the term the author wishes to refrain from using) will never stop, and the majority of the American public are too lazy to seek the real answers for themselves.
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LTC Eric Udouj
And unfortunately - so are way too many reporters unwilling to seek additional sources...
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LTC Jason Mackay
LTC Eric Udouj - I blame the 24 hour news cycle. Race race race to fill the air time. Facts, independent confirmation, research, investigation, basic journalism? For suckers, man. Just lob it out there, back track if you have to, no one will remember any way. Look! Shiny!
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