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@ebbot 2/2 do something more spectacular the day before. Even in his restricted field of public psychology there must always be a wide margin of error. Propaganda, like economics and sociology, can never be an exact science for the reason that its subject-matter, like theirs, deals with human beings. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Bich Nguyen1h ago

"Doctors around the country say they are seeing more cases of serious, sometimes life-threatening illnesses that vaccines have long kept at bay, including whooping cough and bacterial infections that can cause pneumonia or meningitis."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/well/children-vaccines-illnesses.html

#healthcare #PublicHealth #measles #covid19 #vaccines #immunizations #pneumonia #vitaminK #tetanus #misinformation #disinformation

Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline

Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.

The New York Times
EveryLibrary1h ago
What exactly is fake news? It's a term that's been ever-popular for the last several years, and yet, it still seems to confuse many about its true meaning or significance. A research guide from the University of Michigan Library defines fake news as: https://action.everylibrary.org/what_the_heck_is_fake_news_something_everyone_should_know_by_now
#Library #Libraries #Services #Resources #FakeNews #Information #Misinformation #Knowledge #Falsehoods #Truths
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@ebbot 3/3 consistent and relatively constant. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Chris Istace3h ago

This is more important than ever in this era of AI when so many jump on ChatGPT to craft a comment or rebuttal to appear educated on any given subject
👉"The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, also known as Brandolini’s Law, states that the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."

https://modelthinkers.com/mental-model/bullshit-asymmetry-principle

#bcpoli #localgovt #aislop #misinformation

Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” - George Bernard Shaw.  Shaw’s warning seems more pertinent than ever, as we face growing amounts of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and unsubstantiated rumours… or bullshit for short. That’s where this concept might help. The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, also known as Brandolini’s Law,  states that the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bi

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@ebbot 2/2 and emotions which cannot be explained on the basis of what we know of individual psychology. So the question naturally arose: If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it? --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
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@ebbot 2/2 efforts and, in fact, government is government only by virtue of public acquiescence. Industries, public utilities, educational movements, indeed all groups representing any concept or product, whether they are majority or minority ideas, succeed only because of approving public opinion. Public opinion is the unacknowledged partner in all broad efforts. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
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@ebbot 2/2 %27public relations counsel. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
eickot9h ago
Hey here, The people from octuvre (a digital newspaper, trying to uncover all hiden things in spanish government) did a press-kit to try to dismiss all the missinformation that spanish government (and press) are trying to sell to everybody about gaudi: https://octuvre.cat/gaudi-en.html (It's in multiples languages) Can you retooth please? Or make it arrive to news? #gaudi #desinformation #misinformation
OCTUVRE Press Kit — Leo XIV in Barcelona

GrumpyOldFart12h ago

“UK MEDIA FAILS TO DISCLOSE DEFENCE INDUSTRY TIES OF MOST MILITARY COMMENTATORS”

by Amy Killingbeck and Iain Overton in Declassified UK

@Declassified_UK
@uk_politics
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“Nearly 60 percent of retired senior British military officers now working in the defence industry have appeared as expert commentators in UK media without any disclosure of their commercial ties, a conflict research charity has found.

The London-based group Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) examined a decade of UK media appearances by former British senior military figures”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-media-fails-to-disclose-defence-industry-ties-of-most-military-commentators/

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Military #CommercialTies #Disclosure #Mefia #MSM #ConflictOfInterest #MOD #AOAV #Transparency #Helsing #Babcock #Exigent #Thales #Israel #Genocide #Gaza #Journalism #Capture #Disinformation #Misinformation #Propaganda

UK media fails to disclose defence industry ties of most military commentators

New research shows former top British military officers are weighing in on wars and defence spending without public awareness of their commercial interests

Declassified UK