Here's A Lie I bet you don't know about

[Captain Zero]

Had dinner with a family member Sunday evening. He got around to it in a roundabout way but "informed" me that Zelensky of Ukraine has used US AID MONEY to buy two luxury yachts for himself.

I immediately said I doubted that was true. It just struck me as misinformation. I said think about it. He would have to keep them somewhere other than Ukraine because most of that coast is a war zone or too close to one and Zelensky does not have time to go sunning himself on a yacht stocked with liquor. Later when home with one Google I found this is a false claim. Two yachts with names used in this "info" DO EXIST and they are for sale.

My dinner source listens to LOTS OF A.M. radio during his work day. So whom would misinformation like this benefit? Where is it circulating ? How long has it circulated? Where did it originate?

Later I just inserted, well like it or not, the money has to be spent to defeat Putin. And he was quick to agree with me. But what other utter bullshit is he hearing? I explained a lot of that money is spent here to pay for weapons for Ukraine to use. Zelensky is not just handed cold hard cash. Hand over fist.

But this is some shit we are up against.

[niyad]

1. Actually, that particular lie has been covered several times here on DU.

Your family member is weeks behind on his little fantasies.

[Captain Zero]

4. Which means it is a persistent lie

That's out there.

[Skittles]

2. I have to say

anyone who believes such nonsense is unbelievably stupid, easily manipulated with propaganda

[Captain Zero]

3. And there are lots of them.

Unfortunately.

[Skittles]

7. oh, I live in Texas

fucked up morons are a dime a dozen here

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Goes w total fabrications about mansions and wife's supposed shopping trips to Paris

It's all Russian shit.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. "10 pcent": RW suckers tie it in to Comer Simpson's impeachment inquiry

You'll hear the phrase "Ten percent for the big guy" and all the groypers and magas nod their heads upon hearing the catchphrase. Supposedly a lot of the money gets siphoned off and Hunter gets a big cut and Joe gets ten percent of that.

The Russian narrative is that Ukraine is a corrupt nest of "globohomos" and Russia is cleaning it up (while denazifying). Disregarding that Ukraine is a tier 2 corrupt nation (and cleaning it up themselves) while Russia is worse, a tier 3 corrupt nation by international measures.

It's all info bubble shit for confirmation-seeking despicables.

[Emile]

8. It's hard to convince the wilfully ignorant.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. My response, "show me the source".

Otherwise, it's not true.

I read it on the internet isn't a "source". I heard it on the radio, isn't a "source".

[Liberal In Texas]

10. The takeover of AM radio that allowed propaganda to spew out with no opposing opinions or fact checking by at least one

station in a market has caused irreparable harm. It's something Democrat should have addressed a long time ago.

[Walleye]

11. I think 10% for the big guy is about tithing

It’s just as reasonable an explanation is the one they use