What is misinformation and why do we here that all the time? Is it a lie? If it is, why don’t they just call it a lie instead of misinformation? How about disinformation, is that the same thing as misinformation?
When I search misinformation and disinformation on Google, here is what I come up with. Misinformation: “False or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive.” Disinformation: “False information which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power of the media.” They almost appear to have the same meaning, just for fun here is what you find when you search the definition for telling a lie: ” A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with purpose of deceiving someone.”
I believe there is a reason that we haven’t heard these words in the past. For the most part, these words have been created in the era of the Trump presidency, mainly by the media and used by the left. As you can see from the definitions these terms are closely related but can be used apart from each other. If a politician wants to claim that something is not true but doesn’t want to call it a lie they say misinformation. If a news network wants to create a narrative persuading their viewers that something is false, when it really is not, they use the term disinformation. Let me give you an example, a quick Twitter search will turn up the results that explains it all. Russia used a disinformation campaign against candidate Hillary Clinton with her emails, you see what was really true was turned into the Russian government using disinformation to deceive everyone. Trump’s presidential campaign was infiltrated with the Russian government and it was definitely not disinformation except that they were spreading disinformation to make Hillary look bad, got it. Oh, and also all the Hunter Biden laptop stuff that is for sure Russian disinformation too. Now, misinformation is when someone says something that contradicts the perceived narrative. Covid is bad, real bad, and the only way to stop it is for the government to close business and pay people to stay home. They also have to enforce a mask mandate that if you don’t comply, you could wind up in jail, to say other wise is misinformation. Basically if you disagree with the exalted Dr. Fauci or the great Governors Whitmer, Cuomo, Newsom, or many of the others you are spreading misinformation. Is this clear? Clear as can be.
Why didn’t we hear about disinformation or misinformation in the Obama or Bush presidencies? What about all other presidencies? If you look through history one thing is common there were always someone that tried to spread false information to get others to believe what they wanted you to believe. As far back as Washington, in fact the papers at that time wrote many false and disparaging things about him. Same was true for Adams and Jefferson. There is much that can be said about spreading false information but the lesson we can learn is that the first several presidents didn’t fight back, they believed that the truth would prevail. That is not to say that we shouldn’t fight back, we should, but back then they believed that through education and knowledge the truth would be revealed.
Education is the key for the truth to be revealed, but the left has control over that too. If you can be convinced that there are others that are trying to destroy this country, and that they are greedy and want to kill people, that makes it easy to not trust them. To do this you need to begin at an early age and you will need their attention for several hours a day. The perfect landscape for this is public school and the left understood this long ago. In addition to having a captivating audience for several hours a day, the left also started working on culture. After infiltrating the culture through music, movies, and T.V. it was easy, it just had to begin slowly inch by inch. Something that is known as bracket creep once it gets started it never ends, today you can’t even watch a commercial without hearing a message the left wants us to hear, just a few seconds on any T.V. or radio commercial. You really cannot deny this when statistics show that students graduating can’t even read well at an overwhelming rate. Students don’t have a clear understanding of Americas constitution or its history.
So the answer is the truth in information through education, as we have seen, it begins early, so make sure you make an effort to know America’s history and teach it to everyone you can. Take the time needed to educate yourself by reading, if you don’t like reading, try listening to audio books or podcasts. It is also a really great idea to create a healthy distrust for information. Almost anything you hear needs to be doubted and then you can verify it. Even this information go out and research it and learn the truth for yourself. Then you will be equipped to teach others.
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