Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed that the antisemitic riots in Makhachala were the result of manipulations from Western intelligence services, including those conducted from Ukrainian territory, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported on Oct. 31.
This country man. Everything that goes wrong is always the fault of other countries (specially the west) and the few good things that happening are always Pootins success. The mind-gymnastics in the minds of Russians is of Olympic grade. Including the doping and deception.
The firehose of falsehood is a propaganda technique in which a large number of messages are broadcast rapidly, repetitively, and continuously over multiple channels (such as news and social media) without regard for truth or consistency. An outgrowth of Soviet propaganda techniques, the firehose of falsehood is a contemporary model for Russian propaganda under Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The immediate aim is to entertain, confuse, and overwhelm the audience, and disinterest in or opposition to fact-checking and accurate reporting means the propaganda can be delivered to the public more quickly than better sources.[1][2] The approach’s success flouts the conventional wisdom that communication is more persuasive when it is truthful, credible, and non-contradictory.[1]
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