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IndyOp

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14. Excellent! If our journalists simply learned not to repeat

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Sat Apr 13, 2019, 02:02 PM

Apr 2019

content being spewed by the firehouse, that would be amazing. I think Rachel Maddox is as close as I’ve seen a journalist come to addressing issues without actually enhancing the effectiveness of the firehose - she gives no time to video or audio of Trump spewing falsehoods.

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The 9/11 clip -- Learn about the "Firehose of Outrageousness" propaganda tactic. [View all] jmbar2 Apr 2019 OP

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Don't feel hopeless, take it for what it is, lies, and mock the source... Thomas Hurt Apr 2019 #2

Scary, but we're not the only ones immune to these Hortensis Apr 2019 #3

Unfortunately, we are not immune to the effect. marylandblue Apr 2019 #8

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"Quantity does indeed have a quality all its own." VOX Apr 2019 #4

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Gee, the Russian model... So that's what tRump and Putin were talking about... PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #5

See what you're doing? You exhibit erosion of belief in our Hortensis Apr 2019 #7

And part of that model is to make you distrust the press marylandblue Apr 2019 #11

I don't scream at my TV, and I don't believe in fairy tales... PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #12

You do what you like. Nothing wrong with writing to CNN. marylandblue Apr 2019 #13

Excellent! If our journalists simply learned not to repeat IndyOp Apr 2019 #14