If Biden can't ace an hour long unscripted press conference, yes he should leave the race

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20. Nope, nope, nope

This was no debate. It was a classic rightwing information op that is nearly impossible to defend oneself against in 2 minute soundbites.

It was identified and explained a few years ago by the Rand Institute, and is practiced by many, including tRump, Gym Jordan, MTG, Boebert, Ted Cruz, KellyAnn Conway, etc. But it started as a Russian propaganda method, and has been adopted widely by the rightwing.

We characterize the contemporary Russian model for propaganda as “the firehose of falsehood” because of two of its distinctive features: high numbers of channels and messages and a shameless willingness to disseminate partial truths or outright fictions. In the words of one observer, “[N]ew Russian propaganda entertains, confuses and overwhelms the audience.”2
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

Distinctive Features
- High-volume and multichannel
- Rapid, continuous, and repetitive
- Lacks commitment to objective reality
- Lacks commitment to consistency.

What makes it effective?
- Variety of sources
- Number and volume of sources
- The views of others, especially the views of those who are similar [fellow Dem handwringers] to the message recipient.

How do you counteract it?

...retractions and refutations are seldom effective. ...people will have trouble recalling which information they have received is the disinformation and which is the truth... Don't expect to counter the firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth.

Rand conclusions for countering this technique
- make people aware that it is happening, and
- TURN OFF the source of the flow.

American media is now the primary source of the flow, endlessly platforming the lies, and then expecting Biden alone to somehow rebut it in two minute soundbites for our "entertainment".

Democrats, STOP participating in this abuse of democracy! DO NOT participate in false "debates/information ops" that platform the Firehose of Falsehoods and its many practitioners.