25 Rules Of Disinformation., page 1
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reply posted on 28-6-2005 @ 12:35 PM by SkepticOverlord
Originally posted by TxSecret
I thought this was a good read.
www.911review.org...



The Rules in short:
1: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
2: Become incredulous and indignant
3: Create rumor mongers
4: Use a straw man
5: Sidetrack opponents with name calling, ridicule
6: Hit and Run
7: Question motives
8: Invoke authority
9: Play Dumb
10: Associate opponent charges with old news
11: Establish and rely upon fall-back positions
12: Enigmas have no solution
13: Alice in Wonderland Logic
14: Demand complete solutions
15: Fit the facts to alternate conclusions
16: Vanish evidence and witnesses
17: Change the subject
18: Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad
19: Ignore facts, demand impossible proofs
20: False evidence
21: Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor
22: Manufacture a new truth
23: Create bigger distractions
24: Silence critics
25: Vanish


Each one of these "rules" apply exceptionally well to the modern Internet "conspiracy theorist" as well. It's become a somewhat popular pastime to come up with incredulous "conspiracy" ideas based on tenuous or manufactured "facts", then create a web page for attention (conspiracy disinformationists) or profit (conspiracy profiteers).

The website you linked to with this information easily practices all 25, repeatedly.

Before 1994 (and the era of web-based discussion boards and personal websites), conspiracy theory speculation tended to be much more methodical and based in connecting the dots of verified facts. Today... it's all about getting attention.
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