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That's just basic diversionary and disinfo tactics. Make the story about anything but what it's actually about, because what it's actually about is damaging. Sn
by rosser 13y ago
That's just basic diversionary and disinfo tactics. Make the story about anything but what it's actually about, because what it's actually about is damaging. Snowden just happened to be convenient, and, for lack of a better word, "exploitable" to that end, having hopped off to Hong Kong and then Russia like that.
- rhizome 13y agoIt's more specific than that: make the story about the person rather than the information. Change the focus, change the framing, change the questions asked by reporters. This is a mechanism employed by powerful entities over and over throughout history, especially in the Information Age.