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FOX News advertisers spread Tucker Carlson spreading racism and COVID Disinfo

FOX News advertisers fund Tucker Carlson spreading racism and COVID disinfo

Leave a Comment / Misinformation, Power mapping, Radicalization / By Deepak Puri

Who are FOX’s biggest advertisers supporting Tucker Carlson spreading racism? Which FOX directors are connected with Stanford, Georgetown and The Nature Conservancy? How do people and organizations claim high sounding values, but support racism and disinformation at the same time? Check this relationship map to follow the money and learn what you can do to …

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Facebook spreads COVID disinfo to boost its blood money profits.

Will there be a hospital bed available if you need it?

Leave a Comment / COVID, Mapping and Story Mapping, Misinformation, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Ambulances wait for hours to get patients into overcrowded hospitals. Even the vaccinated are denied medical treatment because hospitals are filled with COVID patients – many of whom are unvaccinated. What is the available bed capacity at different hsopitals? How do political ambitions, corporate greed and disinformation lead to a lack of hospital beds? How …

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Amazon’s lethal COVID hypocrisy

Leave a Comment / COVID, Disinformation, Misinformation / By Deepak Puri

Amazon Leadership Principles declare “Leaders leave things better than how they found them.” At the same time Amazon sells books that cast doubt on COVID vaccinations, bleach and horse dewormers. This corporate hypocrisy is deadly. What responsibility do corporate directors who are charged with protecting shareholder value have when those shareholders’ health may be jeopardized …

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Conspiracies like COVID are contagious and can be fatal. Learn to spot conspiracy symptoms and how they're spread.

COVID conspiracy playbook revealed

Leave a Comment / Cartoons, COVID, Disinformation, Messaging, Misinformation / By Deepak Puri

Conspiracies like COVID are contagious and can be fatal. Learn to spot conspiracy symptoms and how they’re spread. Conspiracies manipulate people based on their desire to not to be ruled. A conspiracy has a group acting in secret to grab power or make money at the expense of the common good. People are more likely to see …

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Mike Pompeo hypocrisy on display as he denies his bungling in Afghanistan

Fight gaslighting. Replay what they said before.

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Some people try to rewrite history by denying what they said. Keep them honest by replaying their own words. There’s an app for that. The best antidote to deception is to play back what they said in the past. Good newscasters do it. How can a small group with little money, staff nor technical skills …

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Disinformation dozen spread COVID anti-vaxx disinfo while social media companies make money from selling ads next to their content

Disinfo kills

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation / By Deepak Puri

Why do people believe fatal lies? How is disinformation cooked up? Who profits from it? What can be done? How are people still falling for disinfo with over 600,000 deaths COVID deaths in America already? Experts believe that disinformation uses three key components: ethos, pathos and logos. – Disinfo artists first persuade people that only …

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Capitol insurrection rioters top FBI's Most Wanted List

Capitol insurrectionists top FBI’s Most Wanted List, while Republicans deny it happened

Leave a Comment / Cartoons, Mapping and Story Mapping, Misinformation / By Deepak Puri

As rioters from the Capitol Insurrection top the FBI’s most wanted list, Republican’s deny that the attack even took place. “On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol, was stormed during a riot and violent attack against the U.S. Congress. A mob of Trump supporters attempted to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election by disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count …

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How to encourage an anti-vaxxer to get vaccinated against COVID

Friends don’t let anti-vaxxer friends stay at risk. Conversation guide shows how to engage.

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Friends don’t let friends stay at risk. How do you engage with an anti-vaxxer with so much COVID disinformation? Arguing with the facts against disinformation doesn’t work. People hold onto their beliefs even harder. Mocking, shaming or getting angry doesn’t work. Stay calm, relate and encourage critical thinking. And above all, know when to stop …

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Fight disinformation by refusing to advertise on websites set up to spread propaganda

Are you being tricked into funding the spread of disinformation? Check the GDI Index.

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Groups spreading disinformation siphon funds meant for legitimate advertising. Ad networks like Google and Facebook are complicit and make money when they direct ads and revenue to nefarious websites. When in doubt, follow the money. Bad actors don’t have the money or credibility to advertise their messages like traditional advertisers. Instead, they set up websites …

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Think different to persuade more people

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Polarized voters. People trapped in information bubbles. Corporations making billions spreading disinformation in order to sell more ads. How do you get heard when calling and texting the same list of contacts has diminishing returns and buying ads isn’t an option? It’s time to think different. What social media platform does your target audience prefer? …

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