To understand the #TwitterFiles scandal, you have to understand the concept of “disinformation” that emerged in the wake of Hillary’s defeat. The ability of the Left to manufacture a crisis out of thin air and then universalize it is key to understanding how it not only convinced so many people that free speech was a problem, but how it operates in general, inventing crises and then imposing a solution on everyone.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
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Is there any way to get a transcript of this?
Disinformation is apparently anything that makes the Dems look bad. Let’s all have a big think about that.
Brilliant analysis of crises and disinformation.
Dis/Misinformation used to be called WRONG information, incorrect, bad, misleading, erroneous or just plain STUPID. We didn’t need a NEW word, so whenever you hear one from the left think of Daniel’s words and beware of what it might bring.