Describe the Jan 6th insurrection and election sabotage clearly with the right messaging frame
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Use the right messaging to explain the Jan 6th insurrection and how the people behind it are now passing bills to steal our freedom to vote.
Words matter. Especially when countering disinformation undermining democracy. This Digital Toolkit from ASO Communications explains how to describe the clear and present danger to American democracy and what can be done to fight back.
Use the free BigStage Teleprompter app with this script to practice explaining the danger to others and while presenting on Zoom / WebEx / Microsoft Meeting calls.
Jan 6 insurrection messaging guide
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Jan 6 Insurrection - Talking Points
- No matter our color, background or party, most of us believe that people who commit treason against our nation and endanger our lives have no business governing in our name.
- On January 6, some Republicans in office betrayed America by inciting MAGA militants to attack our Capitol and then tried to to cover up their role in this violence by blocking investigation of these crimes.
- Mounting evidence shows these elected leaders helped plan, promote and excuse January 6th. They spread daily lies about our elections and our government to keep their supporters engaged and enraged, exposing Americans from election administrators to school superintendents to death threats and violence.
- They're using their deliberate disinformation campaign to attack our freedom to vote and introduce hundreds of election sabotage bills to control election outcomes, criminalize election officials for doing their jobs, and give partisan poll watchers the ability to harass and intimidate voters.
- In 2020, we turned out in record numbers, made sure our votes were counted and that the will of the people prevailed.
- This January 6th, Americans across race, place, party, and background are coming together to say: in America, the voters decide the outcome of our elections.
- Coming together, we have the power to demand that our Senators exercise their majority and pass the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to create national standards that protect our rights, ensure that trusted local election officials count every vote, and prevent partisan politicians from sabotaging the results of our elections.
Messaging framework
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Embrace & Replace
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ASO Communications
"Conventional wisdom says to meet people where they are. But, on most issues, where they are is unacceptable. Applying tools from cognition and linguistics, ASO Communications uncover where people are capable of going and how to use our words, images and stories to move them.
Progressive messages often lead with "no" and "don't." We rely on fear and anger — reactive emotions. To sustain long-term movements, we must shift from cataloging what we're resisting to painting a desirable portrait of the world we seek.
If your words don't spread, by definition, they don't work. To break a signal through the incessant political noise requires constant repetition. That's why our messages must persuade the middle while also energizing the base." - ASO Communications
Creative Courage
Creative Courage is an independent movement of artists, designers, illustrators and culture makers working to turn-up the volume and turn out the vote. This is a giphy they created.“
This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” - Toni Morrison.
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BigStage Teleprompter
Messaging matters. Share the best way to communicate a message with the BigStage Teleprompter app. Share your message with supporters by pasting it into the teleprompter, and posting the link on social media or email.
- Viewers see the teleprompter in their browser when they click on the link.
- They can practice delivering the message your message with the teleprompter
- They present more confidently with the script scrolling on their screen as they present on Zoom, WebEx, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.
- The audience does not see that the teleprompter that the presenter is using.
- You can revise the messaging at any time, and everyone with the link sees the new version.
TakeAway: Republican voter suppression bills are a clear and present danger to American democracy. Explain the importance of protecting the Freedom to Vote with the ASO Communication messaging guide.
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Lighter side
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![Josh Hawley egged on the mob on Jan 6th and added to the Big Lie.](https://thedemlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Joshn-Hawley-on-Jan-6th.jpeg)
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How to demolish extremist MAGA Republican arguments
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Voter Suppression Academy Award nominations
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ABORTION BAN Tops Roberts’ Supreme Court Hit Parade
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Casualty map from Republican scheme to kill Social Security
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Newtown Action Alliance maps assault weapon carnage at mass shootings
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Republican court packing pays off
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Grassroots innovation finds unregistered voters
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WHATABOUT the MAGA STRAWMAN with the FALSE FLAG?
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Answer questions automatically with a Twitter bot
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Pack the Supreme Court and get a tax deduction!
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Track political Facebook ad campaigns for free with Ad Observatory
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Facebook – Meta shareholders to vote on reducing misinformation
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Putin Republicans : Follow The Money
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State and Federal supreme court justices should reflect the diversity of America for fair justice. Rich, white, male judges sentence men of color to prison, deny...
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Biden builds bridges, not walls.
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Spotify removes Neil Young over COVID misinfo protest. Follow the money to see why.
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Automated voice assistants help seniors and the disabled get to vote
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Canvassers help Americans without cell phone service or internet access register to vote
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Follow the money Spotify makes streaming COVID misinfo
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Jan 6 Investigation Roadmap
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The FCC should hold Facebook accountable for spreading COVID misinfo
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Republican obstruction prevents FCC regulation of COVID misinformation platforms
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Florida COVID death count dashboard: Politicians playing doctor is deadly.
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Democracy Centers: Deep canvassing basecamps.
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How to geo-target women denied control over their bodies to vote
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Want colorblind justice? Vote for fair Local Prosecutors.
Jackie Johnson, the former prosecutor charged with misconduct in handling the Ahmaud Arbery case. "Johnson was Brunswick District Attorney when three white men chased and fatally...
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Ethnic news outlets offer relevant and accurate news coverage to their communities. They counter-balance the negative messages and racist story selection from some large corporate news...
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Veterans deserve better
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How Google helps spread right wing disinformation
Billionaires get a tax deduction for funding sites spreading disinfo! Google promotes the sites in search rankings getting them more exposure. What gives? Follow the money....
Republicans push taxation without representation
Republicans push taxation without representation but still want to collect taxes. That didn't work well for British royalty. The British enriched themselves off American colonies without...
COVID death count in states opposing OSHA mandates
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Voter suppression crime scene
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Joel Kaplan: Zuck’s fixer and GOP operative
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Ace your Zoom interviews by scrolling your answers on screen, and read them naturally without ever looking away from the camera. Zoom calls go better when...
Zuckerberg sings ‘Oops… I did it again’ in spoof of Brittany classic
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COVID collateral damage map of politicians ready to sacrifice your life to get re-elected
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Striketober. Mapping workers on strike for a living wage.
Billion dollar corporations that pay CEOs over $ 5 million annually but deny workers a living wage. Corporate politicians block the Build Back Better bill that...
Republicans mess with Texas district maps to cling to power
Republicans propose a gerrymandered Texas district map that gives them 24 of 38 U.S. House seats despite only getting 53% of votes last November. This racial...
Virginia Election: Youngkin morphs into Trump
Virginia GOP candidate Youngkin tries to distance himself from Trump. Activists create GIFs to highlight their similarities. "Trump has endorsed Youngkin. "A great gentleman. We've got...
Republicans drag America into the Dark Ages on Women’s Reproductive Health
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Keep it real
People buy brownies, not the recipe. Emphasize how you'll improve their lives. Skip the geek-speak. Anat Shenker-Osorio is the founder a of ASO Communications and a...
Frame and deliver your message to be persuasive
Frame your message to be persuasive. Practice presenting it so you can deliver it naturally. Share your script so others can amplify your message. Anat Shenker-Osorio,...
FOX News advertisers fund Tucker Carlson spreading racism and COVID disinfo
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How does big pharma keep drug prices so high? Follow the money.
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Amazon’s lethal COVID hypocrisy
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,...
CEOs funding the hostile takeover of women’s bodies
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Mapping the increased COVID risk to Florida school children from politics and where to get vaccinated
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COVID conspiracy playbook revealed
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Voter suppression by eviction
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Fight gaslighting. Replay what they said before.
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Gerrymandering. Georgia style.
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NAACP Atlanta organizes against Georgia Republicans’ hostile State takeover of County election boards
NAACP Atlanta mobilizes Georgians to contact their Republican senators to demand they stop their hostile take over of Fulton county elections. Georgia Republican lawmakers are mounting...
The Real Hunger Games
The poor fight each other to entertain the rich in the Hunger Games. Poor Americans struggle to survive while the rich thrive on tax cuts in...
Black Voters Matter: Think National, Act Local.
Black Voters Matter builds community power by understanding and supporting local infrastructure. It works with local partners to expand its outreach nationwide. How do you attract...
Fair Districts Ohio fights gerrymandering
Public officials crush democracy by drawing legislative district maps to benefit their political party. Fair Districts Ohio organizes citizens to fight this gerrymandering. Ohio voters passed...
MailBots fight voter suppression by helping the disabled and seniors find voting info
Making access to voting information harder disenfranchises the elderly, disabled, less educated and those with limited internet access. This Jim Crow-style voter suppression is especially hard...
Love your kids? Check their school’s COVID situation.
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Disinfo kills
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Answering hard questions in a Zoom meeting
Viewers catch any confusion in answering a question during an online briefing. Use a dynamic teleprompter, unless you're a veteran press secretary, Traditionally newscasters and politicians...
Wanted: Unregistered Voters
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COVID incompetence unmasked
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Ohio volunteers fight Jim Crow online voter suppression
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Let vets vote
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Olympic Gold Medal for voter suppression goes to …
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American prison labor camps
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Reaching the politically invisible voter
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Blood on their hands
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Indivisible Michigan fights Republican voter suppression with relational organizing
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How the Florida Key Dems located eight thousand unregistered voters
"Seek and ye shall find" - Mathew 7:7 Philip Dodderidge is the Vice-Chair Florida Keys Democrats and searching for unregistered voters in the Florida Keys. He...
Why isn’t cannabis legalized?
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Capitol insurrectionists top FBI’s Most Wanted List, while Republicans deny it happened
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....
Republican voter suppression targets the visually disabled. Voicebots inform and mobilize them.
Republicans suppress disabled voters in order to kill the ACA. Republicans have tried to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over 70 times. Republicans aim to...
Abused? Arrested? Imprisoned? Ten apps to help the poor cope with a justice system that favors the rich.
The rich post bail, or lawyer up and go free. The poor are imprisoned for minor offenses, cannot pay bail, end up in jail and stripped...
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There are few chances to speak truth to power. Make the most of them. Help your supporters make the most of their turn in the spotlight...
How billionaires strangle democracy to get richer
There is something very wrong when billionaires do not pay taxes, deny their workers a living wage and use political donations to prevent people from voting....
Republicans slash unemployment benefits. Where will the suffering be worst?
Republican cruelty to the poor to please their corporate donors has no limits. Republican Governors play politics and slash unemployment benefits to sabotage the recovery brought...
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Yard sign activism for fair redistricting
Ohio voters show their support for fair redistricting maps and opposition to gerrymandering with Fair District yard signs. Voters should choose their legislators - not legislators...
Opioid epidemic: Map the profits, political donations and deaths.
The opioid epidemic involves over 500,000 deaths and a $13 billion fortune. How much do you know about Purdue Pharma? The Sackler Family and their political...
Build double opt-in contact lists the smart way
When they go low by denying internet access to suppress voters, go high with free internet hotspots to help voters and build contact lists at the...
Zoom media interview? Perform better with realtime invisible helpers.
There's little margin for error in a Zoom interview and performance anxiety just makes it worse. Fortunately there are ways to stay on message and get...
Fight the connectivity poll tax that disenfranchises poor voters
Connectivity is a poll tax that stifles voters in Black, Brown, indigenous and rural communities who cannot afford to get online. "Poll taxes were essentially a...
Lost your right to vote? Thank ALEC.
ALEC drafts bills without regular democratic review and gets them passed into law by Republican legislatures. ALEC thrives on corporate donations. "Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State...
Leave no voter behind
The price of voting has gone up! Republican voter suppression schemes are making it more costly to vote. And soon it may only be the rich...
Fight gerrymandering. Draw your own community of interest map for redistricting.
All votes are equal, but some are more equal than others. Especially if they are from rich, white Republicans. Gerrymandering is dark art of drawing districting...
Capitol riot coverup: cartoon edition
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133 reasons to invest in American infrastructure
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Will COVID become a pre-existing condition used to deny health insurance?
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Liz Cheney’s speech on protecting democracy – in five languages
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Find unregistered voters with precision mapping
Fight voter suppression by leaving no eligible voter behind with easy-to-use precision mapping apps. Find areas likely to have unregistered voters with the same precision mapping...
For The People and George Floyd Act featured in Editorial Cartoons
For The People Act protects voting rights needed for common sense gun safety measures and police reform. These editorial cartoons highlight the importance of passing the George Floyd...
Make a bigger impact on Zoom with a good background and free on-screen teleprompter
Make a bigger impact on Zoom with a background to reinforce your message and a free teleprompter to stay on script. Have an important message to...
Mass shootings, NRA influence & Republican obstruction: editorial cartoons
"The country grappled with yet another bloody rampage in Indianapolis, only weeks after back-to-back mass shootings last month in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado" - NYT These...
Fatal police encounters
“He said they pulled him over because he had air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror,” said Ms. Wright whose son, Daunte Wright was killed by...
Georgia Voter Suppression – Illustrated Edition
We interrupt the regular blog for this special Illustrated Edition of Voter Suppression in Georgia. Enjoy as a GIF or Video. Now back to our regular...
Canvassing for H.R. 1 over Facetime
How do you bring the personal appeal of in-person canvassing online? How can volunteers be more persuasive with a good script? Use FaceTime with an onscreen...
Friends don’t let anti-vaxxer friends stay at risk. Conversation guide shows how to engage.
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...
Are you being tricked into funding the spread of disinformation? Check the GDI Index.
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...
Mass shooters, Jim Crow and racist Republicans: This week’s top political cartoons.
This week's top Political Cartoons cover racist mass shooting, Republican voter suppression and obstruction with the filibuster. Enjoy the cartoons individually, as a GIF or as a video. DeepakDemLabs Voter suppression...
Zoom fundraising goes better with a teleprompter
Don't take chances with important presentations. Use a teleprompter. Fundraising online is stressful. It helps to maintain eye contact with potential donors while making your appeal....
Racist killings and voter suppression bills: The week’s top political cartoons.
This week's top Political Cartoons cover racial killings and Republican voter suppression bills. You can view the cartoons individually or as a GIF or a one minute video....
Racism has consequences
Eight people including six Asian women killed in racist shooting spree with a gun bought hours earlier. This isn't a random event. Hate crimes against Asian...
Jim Crow. Cat-In-The-Hat. COVID Stimulus Bill. The week’s top political cartoons.
‘Jim Crow in a suit and tie’: Outrage over Georgia’s new bills to restrict voting access. Bills would reduce weekend voting , end automatic registration, and...
Think different to persuade more people
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...
Unemployment insurance. Domestic terrorism. Texas. The week’s top political cartoons.
Republicans gave billions in tax cuts to the wealthy but now vote against a living wage for workers. This week's top Political Cartoons capture the hypocrisy,...
When they go low with more voting restrictions, we expand free internet access so no voter is left behind
As Republicans introduce new Jim Crow style voting restrictions, it's vital to empower more eligible citizens to vote. Free internet access enables more people to learn...
Minimum wage. Filibuster. Cult followers. This week’s top cartoons.
Republicans give billions in tax cuts to wealthy donors but use the filibuster to deny working Americans a living wage. They gerrymander and deny the poor...
For The People. Mapping how H.R. 1 fights voter suppression.
"We the People deserve a responsive, accountable government that gives us all a stronger voice and puts our needs ahead of special interests. Congress must pass...
Bickering. Conspiracy theories. Beach time. This week’s top ten political cartoons.
The top ten Political Cartoons this week showcase Republican bickering, conspiracy theories and beach time. Check out these cartoons in two new formats: as a GIF on GIPHY...
Fighting disinfo? Coordinate a rapid response with shared talking points.
Disinfo requires a rapid, broad spread response. Get talking points to supporters for them to spread the truth and have their messages reinforce each other. A...
From Russian With Love: Disinformation Playbook
The Russians are disinformation grandmasters. Learn how to guard against them by studying how they're being used in American politics. Learn how these moves are used...
Impeachment Illustrated – McConnell Edition
"He's guilty... but I'll acquit him". These Political Cartoons help understand Mitch.DeepakDemLabs Mitch McConnell acquits Trump (GIF) McConnell Acquits Trump (90 second Video) ACQUITTAL ON 5TH...
NO PROFILES IN COURAGE. This week’s top political cartoons.
The top ten Political Cartoons this week best capture the Republican hypocrisy and cowardice on display. John F. Kennedy described political bravery in his Pulitzer Prize...
Organizing resistance against Republican State Senators’ scheme to suppress Georgia voters
"Georgia Republicans have proposed a fresh round of measures to increase voter suppression and limit participation. Hiding under the guise of making sure “legal” votes count, Republican lawmakers want to eliminate...
How to win friends and influence people – with free internet service
Disinformation kills. It poisons minds with COVID conspiracy theories and distrust of health experts. It is worst in poor, rural communities where people do not have...
Fighting disinformation? Eighteen free weapons for your arsenal.
Fighting disinformation? Use all the tools in your arsenal. Here are eighteen of the best. Disinformation basics Disinformation attacks involve these tactics according to Harmony Square:-...
Stories poisoned to spread disinformation
People love stories and sharing them with others. That's what makes stories poisoned with disinformation so dangerous. Tackle disinformation by training people to spot when they're...
Trumpland? Meet the Republicans and their corporate donors trying to overturn election results.
"Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory ... to defy the unambiguous results of the...
How YouTube spreads COVID Disinformation
290,000 Americans have already died from COVID-19, yet people protest wearing masks and are skeptical of vaccinations. How does disinformation manipulate people into risky behavior? Who...
Vaccinate against disinformation
Foreign interference and domestic politics use disinformation to divide, incite and manipulate. It's cheap, effective and hard to counter. Learn how to spot it and inoculate...
How to spot BS being used to manipulate public opinion
Disinformation often comes as Bullshit (BS) packaged to trick readers with impressive language, graphics and bogus logic. Spot and push back with tips from Calling Bullshit. How...
How to spot a disinformation zombie
Brad Pitt races to save virus infected zombies in World War Z. Back in the real world, disinformation is used to turn people into zombies immune...