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The Tragic Victimhood of "Disinformation Experts"

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Posted By: Moritz55, 11/10/2023 11:41:05 AM

On June 8th, the Washington Post ran, “These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP wants answers,” a story about how “records requests, subpoenas and lawsuits” were wielded as “tools of harassment” against “scholars” in the “field of disinformation.” In photo portraits, Kate Starbird of the University of Washington stared plaintively in the distance, a caption under one: “The political part is intimidating — to have people with a lot of power in this world making… false accusations about our work.” Starbird sits on an advisory committee for the 245,000-person, $185 billion Department of Homeland Security, but perhaps she meant “a lot of power” in a different sense?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: formerNYer 11/10/2023 12:40:08 PM (No. 1595858)
Once again, the WaPoop shows their degree of being unserious. Disinformation to the WaPoop is anything that doesn't fit The Narrative™. Disinformation (according to WaPoop) The vaccines don't work. Covid came from China. Hunter's Laptop. Add your own.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: nwcudagal 11/10/2023 1:13:10 PM (No. 1595873)
"Biden never showered with his daughter."
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Reply 3 - Posted by: downnout 11/10/2023 1:47:49 PM (No. 1595890)
Disinformation experts and researchers are right in there with You Tube “influencers”.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Condor44 11/10/2023 1:56:30 PM (No. 1595895)
Is it Starbird, or Sh##tbird?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 11/10/2023 4:05:05 PM (No. 1595940)
"Disinformation experts" are leftist propagandists.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Timber Queen 11/10/2023 4:05:42 PM (No. 1595941)
Actually it makes things quite easy today. Anything reported by the mainstream press or the Big Three networks + Fox, we know is false and can look to other sources for the truth. Fortunately with the internet, there are citizen reporters and independent journalists who are filling the void with excellent resources and superlative writing. The creme will rise to the top.
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