Propaganda 2.0 and the rise of 'narrative networks'

[RufusTFirefly]

4. Most people are suckers for a gripping story.

Whether it's true or not, of course, is largely irrelevant:

"I volunteered at the al-Addan hospital with twelve other women who wanted to help as well. I was the youngest volunteer. The other women were from twenty to thirty years old. While I was there I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators and left the children to die on the cold floor. (crying) It was horrible."

"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."