A worthy person – a man or woman committed to reason, honesty, and seriousness of purpose – would have little respect for the Janesville Gazette. This critical view is not a new one, truly: the paper’s work has been inferior during the Great Recession, during an opioid crisis, during cheerleading for countless state and local…
Disinformation
Disinformation, Mendacity, Speaker Vos
Assembly Speaker Vos: Disinformation Troll
by JOHN ADAMS •
Speaker Vos shared a video this weekend that appeared to show Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.” This is what Biden really said. pic.twitter.com/vnn6bm34mD — UpNorthNews (@UpNorthNewsWI) March 9, 2020
Disinformation, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Trump
Kasparov on Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
by JOHN ADAMS •
Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63), the former chess champion and longtime human rights activist, recently described the role of propaganda in creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The thread from Twitter is below (linked here from the first tweet) in the thread: As you watch Trump’s defenders lie, deflect, and distract today and in the coming weeks, remember…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Crime, Disinformation, Fact Checking, Marketing, Mendacity, Misconduct, Police, Press Release, University
UW-Whitewater’s Administration Covers Crap with Catsup
by JOHN ADAMS •
For months, UW-Whitewater has publicized on its website a sham study from a burglar-alarm company as confirmation that Whitewater has the safest campus in Wisconsin. The study is a shabby fraud, with a methodology so far below proper academic standards that it taints the serious work of faculty and students at the school, in the UW…
Bad Ideas, CDA, City, Disinformation, Government Spending, Local Government
Buying Whitewater a Present
by JOHN ADAMS •
A man wants to impress his girlfriend, someone he professes to love, so he asks her what she’d like for a present – anything at all she might want. She tells him that she’s been thinking about getting a car. “That’s wonderful,” he exclaims. “I’ll get you something special!” Before she can even suggest a…
Disinformation, Espionage, Foreign Affairs, Putin, Russia
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Opening Remarks, 3.30.17
by JOHN ADAMS •
Opening remarks of Sens. Richard Burr, North Carolina (Chairman) and Mark Warner, Virginia (Vice Chairman) preceding testimony on Disinformation: A Primer in Russian Active Measures and Influence Campaigns, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.