Over the past several years, when trying to understand the objectives and tactics of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found Russian dissident, chess grand master, and human rights activist Gary Kasparov to be an incredibly useful resource. Well, a few days ago, when discussing Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 presidential election, choosing instead to spread dangerous […]
Tag Archives: disinformation
Roger Stone, Russia, and the 2016 roots of the “Stop the Steal” disinformation campaign
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, 2020, 2020 election, Alex Jones, conspiracy theory, election interference, election meddling, Facebook, Garry Kasparov, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Marcy Wheeler, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Steve Bannon, Vladimir Putin 20 Comments
As KGB propagandist Yuri Bezmenov warned in 1985, “Exposure to true information does not matter any more.” #CrowdStrike #Ukraine
Until he defected to Canada in the 1970’s, Yuri Bezmenov was a press officer for the Russian “news” agency RIA Novosti, running foreign propaganda campaigns on behalf of the KGB. Once free of the Soviet Union, Bezmenov made it his life’s work to inform those in non-Soviet bloc countries about the methods employed by the […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, active measures, activitia perionachia, alternate facts, alternative facts, Crowdstrike, demoralization, Donald Trump, election interference, facts, G. Edward Griffin, ideological subversion, impeachment, information warfare, John Kennedy, KGB, Nicole Morrison, objective truth, post-truth, propaganda, psychological warfare, reality, reality deficient, RIA Novosti, Russian, Soviet Union, Ukraine, useful idiots, Wisconsin, Yuri Bezmenov 50 Comments
Elizabeth Warren’s response to Facebook’s refusal to stop running false political ads
A few days ago, as you may have heard, Facebook made the decision to run an ad produced by the Trump campaign which had been proven to be false. While other media companies, like CNN, made the decision not to run the ad, which falsely suggested that Joe Biden, while Vice President of the United […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, 2020, Ben Rhodes, Donald Trump, election meddling, Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, factcheck, fake ads, Joe Biden, Mark Zuckerberg, political ads, political endorsements, social media, Ukraine 61 Comments