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Disinformation campaigns never stopped since... -the 80's when they passed legislation no longer requiring news -to present both sides of the argument -the Cold
by mlspr01 7y ago
Disinformation campaigns never stopped since...
-the 80's when they passed legislation no longer requiring news -to present both sides of the argument
-the Cold War
-the massive propaganda campaigns via news, radio, social clubs, and film and advertising of WW2
-the father of public relations Edward Bernays wrote the book in 1921
-the guy he stole most of his stuff from Walter Lippmann worked for the US on an unprecedented campaign for WWI
-Ivy Lee, the "first publicist" was hired by the John D. Rockefeller, to improve his public image
-traders in Amsterdam used various methods to deceive other investors regarding tulip values
-Roman Emperors waged disinformation campaigns against the citizens to make sure they knew that their military campaigns were always the most valiant righteous and most of all triumphant possible
-Themistocles launched a disinformation campaign luring the Persians into a naval battle they were ill prepared for at the battle of Salamis
Basically disinformation campaigns have been running since the beginning of time...and the most effective ones are the ones you still never realized.
- ndjdjwjj 7y agoPeople realized there's no advantage to letting both sides speak. The majority benefits from stifling the minority and inherently has the power to do so by virtue of being the majority. This gets justified with arguments against normalization usually. Why it's so hard for the 'right' side to present their side persuasively isn't examined too closely.