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Meh. I see a lot more rank stupidity than panic. And I'm pretty sure it's coming from us and not the Russians.

• AnimalMuppet 7y ago
  The Russian destabilization playbook is (and has been for decades) to sow plausible-enough-for-some-people lies, and let the rank stupidity of the target population take it from there. Google "agitprop" for more on this. The lies can be in various directions; they don't have to be consistent. They just have to get people worked up, and preferably distrusting the government.
  • Zenbit_UX 7y ago
    > The Russian destabilization playbook is (and has been for decades) to sow plausible-enough-for-some-people lies, and let the rank stupidity of the target population take it from there. Google "agitprop" for more on this. They could never dream of doing as much damage spreading misinformation during a disaster than Fox News does. I'm only half kidding when I say Fox is likely studied by Russian propaganda agents.
    • downerending 7y ago
      Sad to say it, but I've caught all of the major mainstream news sites putting whoppers out there these days. If it matters, you really have to go to the source material to verify what happened. Fortunately, at least for now, this is often available.