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With firehosing, the lies don’t even have to be believable because the goal is not to persuade, but to bombard people with so much information they become too overwhelmed to fact-check everything (3).
Misinformer Tactic: Firehose of Falsehood | ScienceUpFirst
“Nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence.”
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The “firehose strategy” is designed to leave the audience disoriented and despairing of ever being able to separate truth from falsehood.
Jevin D. West • Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
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The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model
Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It
Christopher Paul, Miriam Matthews
Expert Insights Published Jul 11, 2016
Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It
Christopher Paul, Miriam Matthews
Expert Insights Published Jul 11, 2016
Russia's “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model
a twist reminiscent of Nixon conspiring against the imaginary enemies he feared—taken to generating what they themselves have scornfully termed “fake news.” The Trump administration launched its own weekly news service on social media in 2017, dedicated entirely to positive coverage of the president. The same year, the Associated Press discovered
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