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…
Disinformation
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.
