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The proliferation of disinformation, what may be construed in some circles as what was often called "fake news" (before President hijacked the phrase to describe anything said negatively about him), is discussed, specifically from 2015 to present day, and especially within an American political context. Such disinformation has become more easily spread with technology where almost anybody with a computer, Internet access, and know how can have a platform, more often than not without oversight. The disinformation is usually borne out of a sense of opposition usually by the alt right, and knowledge that what is being perpetrated is indeed not the truth. Methods to spread the disinformation, especially through social media platforms as a start which often then move to specific cable news outlets who "purport" to tell the truth, are discussed, especially in that most of these platforms were designed by their largely young, white, male creators without the aforementioned want for oversight, that is until such disinformation touches them profoundly and personally which is rarely the case. A few high profile political disinformation campaigns are presented and the effect they had on the innocent - sometimes those who are marginalized in some way or another to begin with - who are deemed by those behind the campaigns as necessary collateral damage. And some of the more well known American perpetrators of disinformation are profiled. The ultimate question becomes how society in general can combat disinformation, and if truth in and of itself will win the day in the end as many purists hope.
Jack Burkman
Self - Political Operative
Elizabeth Williamson
Self - The New York Times
Molly McKew
Self - Disinformation Expert, Georgetown University
Troy Michalik
Self - Owner, Crosshairs Gun Shop
Paul Pape
Self - Bastrop County Judge
Nina Roach
Self - Bastrop Resident
Caleb Roach
Self - Bastrop Resident
Derrick Broze
Self - Youtuber, Conscious Resistance Network
Ross Ramsey
Self - Executive Editor & Co-Founder, Texas Tribune
Craig Silverman
Self - Buzzfeed
James Alefantis
Self - Owner, Comet Ping Pong
Keith Alexander
Self - Washington Post
Bryce Reh
Self - Manager, Comet Ping Pong
Daniel Saperstein
Self - Employee, Comet Ping Pong
Oliver Darcy
Self - CNN
Will Sommer
Self - The Daily Beast
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Self - Author, Cyberwar
Molly Levinson
Self - Spokesperson, Comet Ping Pong
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