Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation
Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist) by H. Michael Sweeney
Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation
- Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.
- Become incredulous and indignant.
- Create rumor mongers.
- Use a straw man.
- Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule.
- Hit and Run.
- Question motives.
- Invoke authority.
- Play Dumb.
- Associate opponent charges with old news.
- Establish and rely upon fall-back positions.
- Enigmas have no solution.
- Alice in Wonderland Logic.
- Demand complete solutions.
- Fit the facts to alternate conclusions.
- Vanish evidence and witnesses.
- Change the subject.
- Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents.
- Ignore proof presented, demand impossible proofs.
- False evidence.
- Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor, or other empowered investigative body.
- Manufacture a new truth.
- Create bigger distractions.
- Silence critics.
- Vanish.
Eight Traits of the Disinformationalist
- Avoidance
- Selectivity
- Coincidental
- Teamwork
- Anti-conspiratorial
- Artificial Emotions
- Inconsistent
- Time Constant
