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=== News Update ===
How to Identify Misinformation
- Does the story fit the pattern of a major media outlet or government agency?
- Does the story fit the pattern of an urban legend propogated by viral marketers?
- Does the story contain an obviously bias revelation about a highly controversial issue?
- Is the source trustworthy?
- What does further research tell you about how power manipulates information?
Does the story fit the pattern of a major media outlet or government agency?
Does the story claim that you are only safe if you follow the status quo? And that if you question authority, you are due immediate and great suffering? If so, this fits the profile of information disseminated from a major media outlet or goverment agency. Major media outlets and government agencies rarely tell the truth, even though they have great appeal and are often widely believed. In reality, events usually have much more context than the bias information propogated by these institutions.
The independent thinking community is a favorite villain in many major media outlets and government agencies.
For example; the US President George W. Bush wants school throughout the nation to teach Intelligent Design theory as an alternative to teaching evolution. His persistent efforts to undermine the most empirically tested theory on the history of man's environmental and genetic develop is a clear offshoot of his own Christian beliefs. It is common that the leader of a country will attempt to propogate their own beliefs through the major media outlets and various government agencies under their control. (More details on this.)
In his state of the Union adress, President George W. Bush falsely claimed that there were weapons of mass destruction hidden in Iraq. He claimed that the weapons of mass destructions were not only hidden in Iraq, but that their presence justified an unpresedented pre-emptive attack against a sovereign country. No such weapons existed and many eyewitness accounts and evidence gathered on the scene confirmed that there were weapons there before the 1st Gulf War, but that they were long since sold or destroyed. But, nevertheless, the President's speech was accepted by the American people, opening the door for mounting civilian casualties, the alienation of the US in the international community and the quick descention of an entire nation into near civil war, demonstrating the power that even the most groundless and unsubstantiated claims can have. (More details .)
Does the story fit the pattern of an urban legend propogated by viral marketers?
Is the story startlingly good, bad, amazing, horrifying, or otherwise seemingly too good or too terrible to be true? If so, it may be an urban legend propogated by viral marketers in order to sell products. Urban legends, which often circulate by word of mouth, e-mail, or the Internet, are false claims that are widely believed because they put a common fear, hope, suspicion, or other powerful emotion into story form.
For example, Burger King used the internet to promote their new chicken sandwiches. They did this by harnessing the voyer in everyone and letting netziens perceive themselves controlling a man in a chicken suit. Of course, you can't control this man in a chicken suit because it's not really live, as promoted, but is instead a series of recordings. (More details on this.)
Another example of an urban legend based on viral marketing was that Volkswagen put out an advertisement that uses graphic imagery depicting a suicide bomber denotating himself near a cafe, but the tough Volkswagen holds in the explosion. Volkswagen is doing it's best to keep the ad out of public circulation, but as is the nature of a viral campaign, it's nearly unstoppable. (More details on this.)
There is a trend ongoing to draw similarities between acts of violence and viral marketing. The patterns are strikingly similar, and a bit un-nerving. Who would think that the US government, working with the major media outlets throughout the country would coordinate the marketing after the 9/11 attacks in order to gain popular opinion? (More details on this.)
Does the story contain an obviously bias revelation about a highly controversial issue?
Universal Heathcare, abortion, gun control, and two illegal presidential victories are all new, frightening or, in some ways, discomforting topics. Such highly controversial issues are natural candidates for the rise of false rumors, unwarranted fears and suspicions which are disseminated by powerful individuals who seek to entrance the poor and uneducated into a state of apathy. Another example of a highly controversial issue is the Patriot Act, a relatively new piece of US legislation that strips away most civil rights of US citizens and allows for nearly total government control in a state of emergency.
There are many misconceptions about the Patriot Act. Most people think that since they are not a criminal or a terrorist, that their civil rights will never be violated. One only needs to research a bit to find this is not the case. A family in Los Angeles was falsely accused of being terrorists, and have come under public harrassment for the better part of a month, and must now move because a new anchor gave their names to the public incorrectly. When most people hear the word Patriot, a number of strongly held associations spring to mind, including the Thomas Jefferson, the founding fathers, fighting against tyranny and fighting for freedom.
The Patriot Act is so named so that people disassociate it with its actual allowances of law enforcement and government beyond and above state law. But facts like this are less important in peoples minds than the deeply ingrained associations they have with the world Patriot. For this reason, most people believe that the Patriot Act is much more safe than it actually is. (More details on the Patriot Act in More info
Consider the source
Certain websites, publications, and individuals are known for spreading false stories, including:
- Fox News, a deceptive, right wing propaganda machine that is a no holds barred gateway for neo-conservative ideas and misinformation
- Pat Robertson's Website, a website run by a religious zealot who is no less dangerous than many of the Islamic zealots in other parts of the world. Unfortunately, Robertson has brainwashed so many citizens with his brand of Christianity, that his power base runs deep into the roots of the United States.
- Henry Kissinger Bio. Anyone who states that Henry Kissinger is not a war criminal is providing misinformation. He is personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocents yet continues to hold high public opinion due to a concentrated misinformation campaign.
What does further research tell you about how power manipulates information?
The only way to determine whether an allegation is true or false is to research it as thoroughly as possible. Of course, this may not always be possible given publication deadlines and time pressures, but there is no substitute for thorough research, going back to the original sources. Using the Internet, many allegations can be fairly thoroughly researched in a matter of hours.
For example, in August 2005, the Company 23 counter-misinformation team researched the State Department's news release regarding spotting misinformation.
Using a variety of search terms in Google, a researcher was able to find that the State Department news release on misinformation actually contained misinformation itself!. Because the Company 23 research team is always on the outlook for glaringly obvious attempts at misinformation, the researcher was able to remedy the situation by publishing an alternative document.
http://www.company23.net/missing/
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