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myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 14:44:50 JST myrmepropagandist

The fog of war is bad, ya'll and the fake videos are getting better. If you see something ... intense, upsetting, something that gives you an emotional reaction and either solidifies your views or makes you question them... hit pause.
I don't care how media savvy you are.
Especially if it's something that confirms your worst fears. Especially that one.
Hit pause. Check the sources. Check them direct from the source site, don't trust thumbnails, or watermarks.

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  myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 14:44:49 JST myrmepropagandist
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  Even after you check remain a little detached. If you can confirm it on a major news source and local news news source it probably is OK but even then. Look for the retractions, the corrections.
  (And remember the greatest lies are those of omission.)
  Propaganda and misinformation is most effective at *confirming* suspicions.
  I've seen some videos that I thought were real ... but then couldn't find the story at the source claimed.
  Damn.
  
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocity_propaganda
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    Atrocity propaganda
    
    Atrocity propaganda is the spreading of information about the crimes committed by an enemy, which can be factual, but often includes or features deliberate fabrications or exaggerations. This can involve photographs, videos, illustrations, interviews, and other forms of information presentation or reporting. The inherently violent nature of war means that exaggeration and invention of atrocities often becomes the main staple of propaganda. Patriotism is often not enough to make people hate the enemy, and propaganda is also necessary. "So great are the psychological resistances to war in modern nations", wrote Harold Lasswell, "that every war must appear to be a war of defense against a menacing, murderous aggressor. There must be no ambiguity about who the public is to hate." Human testimony may be unreliable even in ordinary circumstances, but in wartime, it can be further muddled by bias, sentiment, and misguided patriotism.According to Paul Linebarger, atrocity propaganda leads to real atrocities, as it incites the enemy into committing more atrocities, and, by heating up passions, it increases the chances of one's own side committing atrocities, in revenge...
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