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lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:43 AM Jul 2020

There is a huge difference between "misinformation" and "disinformation": intention.

I am so sick of the MSM labeling Trump's COVID sabotage campaign as "misinformation."

Trump is very deliberately plotting and presenting disinformation with the intent to kill Americans.

From "It will magically disappear" to "Clorox is magically delicious" to "Drink alien DNA," Trump is killing us for fun and profit.

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There is a huge difference between "misinformation" and "disinformation": intention. (Original Post) lagomorph777 Jul 2020 OP
Yeah this is probably more disinformation than misinformation soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
1. Yeah this is probably more disinformation than misinformation
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:57 AM
Jul 2020
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/dark-money-pac-s-coordinated-reopen-push-are-behind-doctors-n1235100

Dark money and PAC's coordinated 'reopen' push are behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video

The virality of the video underscores the difficulty in moderating coronavirus misinformation as treatments and public health responses have become more political.
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