How Disinformation Specialists Spread Disinformation
A Series on Misinformation, Disinformation and Subterfuge
There is a way to share disinformation so people can be aware of something, and a way to simply spread disinformation while posing to be a “disinformation researcher.”
Below is one of those, where the Op thought it a good idea to drop a piece amplifying it without context of where it came from or why it isn’t real using just quotation marks indicating it was not to be taken seriously.
Ten people retweeted it.
While this isn’t as bad as what disinformation Susan, Jan, Brad, Matt, Nicole puts out constantly, there is no reason whatsoever to amplify it without a mark up or explanation. For all we know this was from Mike Rothschild or one of his many alts.