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Bernardo de La Paz

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5. Steve Bannon's phrase (and action) is "Flood the zone with shit"

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:03 PM

Mar 2022

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation

It was distilled almost perfectly by Steve Bannon, the former head of Breitbart News and chief strategist for Donald Trump. “The Democrats don’t matter,” Bannon reportedly said in 2018. “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”

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Russia's "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model (RAND Corp 2016) [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2022 OP

Exhibit A: Donald Trump dalton99a Mar 2022 #1

Nah, Exhibit A is Movement Conservatives. JHB Mar 2022 #3

US AM radio for decades NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #2

This is what Steve Bannon promotes. He refers to it as "flooding the zone with shit." PSPS Mar 2022 #4

Steve Bannon's phrase (and action) is "Flood the zone with shit" Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #5

K&R for visibility. crickets Mar 2022 #6

K&R, yeap ... State level message zone flooding and MAGAs are good at doing it here uponit7771 Mar 2022 #7