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eddiebbot<p>The normal school should provide for the training of the educator to make him realize that his is a twofold job: education as a teacher and education as a propagandist. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/93871/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/93871/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Half of the internet is bots and they’re feeding you lies <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BadBotReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadBotReport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/calgary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calgary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConnorRoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConnorRoss</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/koat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koat</span></a>.ai <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/prairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prairies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SaaS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaaS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheBetakitPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBetakitPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>The whole basis of successful propaganda is to have an objective and then to endeavor to arrive at it through an exact knowledge of the public and modifying circumstances to manipulate and sway that public. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>If a politician is a real leader he will be able, by the skillful use of propaganda, to lead the people, instead of following the people by means of the clumsy instrument of trial and error. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>But even supposing that a certain propaganda is untrue or dishonest, we cannot on that account reject the methods of propaganda as such. For propaganda in some form will always be used where leaders need to appeal to their constituencies. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>It will be objected, of course, that propaganda will tend to defeat itself as its mechanism becomes obvious to the public. My opinion is that it will not. The only propaganda which will ever tend to weaken itself as the world becomes more sophisticated and intelligent, is propaganda that is untrue or unsocial. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>As the two strongest political clans in the Philippines flex their muscles during midterm elections, relations with China have become a political lightning rod. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/11/asia-pacific/politics/china-philippines-midterm-election/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">11/asia-pacific/politics/china-philippines-midterm-election/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asiapacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asiapacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philippines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southchinasea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southchinasea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saraduterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saraduterte</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rodrigoduterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rodrigoduterte</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ferdinandmarcosjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ferdinandmarcosjr</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>The political leader must be a creator of circumstances, not only a creature of mechanical process of stereotyping and rubber stamping. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>The newspaperman looks to him for news. And by his power of giving or withholding information the politician can often effectively censor political news. But being dependent, every day of the year and for year after year, upon certain politicians for news, the newspaper reporters are obliged to work in harmony with their news sources. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>The important thing for the statesman of our age is not so much to know how to please the public, but to know how to sway the public. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>Good government can be sold to a community just as any other commodity can be sold. I often wonder whether the politicians of the future, who are responsible for maintaining the prestige and effectiveness of their party, will not endeavor to train politicians who are at the same time propagandists. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general — wellness influencer Casey Means — is already the target of MAGA vitriol, underscoring a split inside the president’s base over the future of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 'Make America Healthy Again' movement."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/the-maga-backlash-to-trumps-maha-surgeon-general-pick-00336417" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/05/08/t</span><span class="invisible">he-maga-backlash-to-trumps-maha-surgeon-general-pick-00336417</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SurgeonGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurgeonGeneral</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunizations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MAHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAHA</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Conversation: AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works − here’s why they fool you and how to spot them. “As a cognitive psychologist…My expertise is in how people process and use visual information. I primarily investigate how people look for objects and information visually, from the mundane searches of daily life, such as trying to find a dropped earring, to more […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/the-conversation-ai-generated-images-can-exploit-how-your-mind-works-%e2%88%92-heres-why-they-fool-you-and-how-to-spot-them/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/the-conversation-ai-generated-images-can-exploit-how-your-mind-works-%e2%88%92-heres-why-they-fool-you-and-how-to-spot-them/</a></p>
VeganPizza69 ⓋⒶ<p>"Joe Rogan &amp; Other Top Podcasts Spread Climate Disinfo, Research Finds"</p><p><a href="https://sentientmedia.org/joe-rogan-other-podcasts-spread-climate-disinfo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sentientmedia.org/joe-rogan-ot</span><span class="invisible">her-podcasts-spread-climate-disinfo/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@sentientmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sentientmedia</span></a></span> <br>&lt;💬&gt;<br>Remember last November, when Elon Musk joined Joe Rogan on his podcast, and the two dismissed meat production as “irrelevant” to the climate crisis? Or last December, when fellow podcaster Russell Brand, once a committed vegan for ethical and environmental reasons, posted about eating steak at Mar-a-Lago with President-elect Trump? New research from Yale finds that the leading podcasters are increasingly serving up misinformation about climate change and the impact of eating meat, with a side of charisma.<br>&lt;/💬&gt;</p><p>I've been thinking of the best way to explain this phenomenon, and it's something between: 🧵 1/3</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/mediaStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediaStudies</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilFuel</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/89186/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/89186/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Operation Sindoor: IT ministry shares important Dos and Don’ts for internet users across India <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CybersecurityPrecautions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CybersecurityPrecautions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FakeNewsReporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNewsReporting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternetUsersIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetUsersIndia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MeitYAdvisory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeitYAdvisory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OperationSindoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationSindoor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OTTPlatformsAdvisory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTTPlatformsAdvisory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>Modern propaganda is a consistent, enduring effort to create or shape events to influence the relations of the public to an enterprise, idea or group. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>Propaganda becomes vicious and reprehensive only when its authors consciously and deliberately disseminate what they know to be lies, or when they aim at effects which they know to be prejudicial to the common good. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
eddiebbot<p>The mechanism by which ideas are disseminated on a large scale is propaganda, in the broad sense of an organized effort to spread a particular belief or doctrine. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicHappinessMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHappinessMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uniparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uniparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fakenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Burying 'wokeness' - along with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContextAndPerspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContextAndPerspective</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> </p><p>&gt;&gt; No idea what her job was': Trump's WH press sec buried over her remarks on fired official </p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/white-house-press-sec/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/white-house-press</span><span class="invisible">-sec/</span></a> </p><p>But of course she had "no idea"... <br>Just like the Boss, whose motto has morphed from "I'm smart, nobody knows more" to "I don't know, ask Elon or J.D. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leavitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leavitt</span></a> to Deceive it - <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doublespeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doublespeak</span></a> - vs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p>I know we've all heard thing like "fight fire with fire" but we must fight lies with truth, not more lies.</p><p>Here's an example that went from spoof to misinformation in the blink of an eye. It gives the likes of Fox News fodder to feed the gullible people...like my own elderly father.</p><p>Please use services like Snopes or NewsGuard to be sure you're not just making things worse.</p><p>Did I boost this myself? Yep! Guilty! Going back to fix that now.</p><p><a href="https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/163211332/viral-posts-claim-harvard-responded-to-threatening-letter-from-education-department-with-a-tough-edit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/16</span><span class="invisible">3211332/viral-posts-claim-harvard-responded-to-threatening-letter-from-education-department-with-a-tough-edit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a></p>
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