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After reading through the Christopher Bollyn story and contemplating the recent Sam Danner confessions of a 9/11 fraud, I thought that I would coin a new label, since labels are so popular in the "movement": 9/11 Decepticons. 9/11 Decepticons are the almost robotic horde of deliberately misinforming and disinforming.
How does one deal with all of the bogus "news" being fabricated in the sea of digitally "maybe" and "possibly" [to be Bjork about it]?
I found this book, which I read recently has helped me to at least begin developing a cognitive framework for media analysis, something critical to evaluating the manufactured "orgy of evidence" [to quote Alex Jones]:
DON'T BELIEVE IT: HOW LIES BECOME NEWS
Disinformation Company has put out some extremely cool books, including the excellent EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG, one of the first books I picked up [note the 2004 edition is a "special" reprint of some kind] which critically examined 9/11, Columbine and some other major news events.
DON'T BELIEVE IT! presents a series of major news hoaxes and frauds and analyzes the hoaxes and frauds in terms of structure and technique to uncover common elements among bogus news reports and attempts to educate the reader on how "lies become news" through the lens of skepticism. I may post some quotes from the book but I don't have it on hand right now.
For those interested in a reasonable cognitive framework for evaluating the likely validity, or lack thereof, of news reports, I found the book to be excellent and have begun employing some of the techniques to see how well the hold up in praxis.
How does one deal with all of the bogus "news" being fabricated in the sea of digitally "maybe" and "possibly" [to be Bjork about it]?
I found this book, which I read recently has helped me to at least begin developing a cognitive framework for media analysis, something critical to evaluating the manufactured "orgy of evidence" [to quote Alex Jones]:
DON'T BELIEVE IT: HOW LIES BECOME NEWS
Disinformation Company has put out some extremely cool books, including the excellent EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG, one of the first books I picked up [note the 2004 edition is a "special" reprint of some kind] which critically examined 9/11, Columbine and some other major news events.
DON'T BELIEVE IT! presents a series of major news hoaxes and frauds and analyzes the hoaxes and frauds in terms of structure and technique to uncover common elements among bogus news reports and attempts to educate the reader on how "lies become news" through the lens of skepticism. I may post some quotes from the book but I don't have it on hand right now.
For those interested in a reasonable cognitive framework for evaluating the likely validity, or lack thereof, of news reports, I found the book to be excellent and have begun employing some of the techniques to see how well the hold up in praxis.