- 08 Nov 2019 08:14
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"Firehosing relies on pushing out as many lies as possible as frequently as possible. That’s typical for propaganda, but the aspect that makes firehosing a unique strategy is that it doesn’t require the propagandist to make the lies believable. That seems counterintuitive, but as Carlos Maza of Vox explains, firehosing is effective because its goal isn’t to persuade. It’s to rob facts of their power. Firehosing inundates us with so many wild opinions that it becomes exhausting to continually disprove them...
How do we combat firehosing?... They emphasize that factchecking alone is ineffective: “Don’t expect to counter the firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth.” Instead, it is better to forewarn audiences about the methods that propagandists use to manipulate public opinion.
Another counter-strategy is to disrupt the flow of disinformation."
IOW, tolerating those that lie constantly is a serious mistake.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nformation
How do we combat firehosing?... They emphasize that factchecking alone is ineffective: “Don’t expect to counter the firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth.” Instead, it is better to forewarn audiences about the methods that propagandists use to manipulate public opinion.
Another counter-strategy is to disrupt the flow of disinformation."
IOW, tolerating those that lie constantly is a serious mistake.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nformation
Facts have a well known liberal bias