[HN Gopher] The spread of misinformation: A pattern we see over ...
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       The spread of misinformation: A pattern we see over and over
        
       Author : tomrod
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-03-19 21:33 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | ddddfdohvsyknn wrote:
       | I'm laughing at the word "nudgelord". That's a good one.
        
       | insickness wrote:
       | > Yet another form of misinformation is political lies of the
       | sort that we've been seeing most notoriously from Russian
       | propaganda lately.
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       | Are you referring to propaganda that Russia is spreading or the
       | labeling of anyone who disagrees with the common narrative as
       | Russian propaganda? It would seem to be there's a lot more of the
       | second going on. Likewise, as much misinformation as there is
       | going around, there's just as much labeling things as
       | disinformation in order wield political muscle, which was rampant
       | for the last two years during covid.
        
       | notRobot wrote:
       | General comment:
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       | I wish more articles would correctly use "misinformation" or
       | "disinformation" depending on the context.
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       | Disinformation is the deliberate spreading of false information
       | to mislead the audience.
        
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