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Why obvious lies make great propaganda

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At the height of the 2016 election researchers released a report warning about a strange

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propaganda technique.

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Another day, another lie, another conspiracy theory, another falsehood.

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They called it the "firehose of falsehood."

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When a propagandist bombards people with more lies than they can possibly keep up.

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Why all these lies?

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Why is it lie after lie after lie?

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According to the report, these lies don't have to be believable.

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It wasn't just a lie.

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It was such a bad obvious lie.

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Researchers found that even obvious lies had the potential to be highly effective at shaping

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public opinion.

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I mean he just says things and then they are the truth in the world of the Donald.

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The thing is, that report wasn't about Trump.

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It didn't even mention him.

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It was about Russian propaganda.

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And it raised an interesting question: How could a powerful leader benefit from telling

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obvious lies?

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We've signed more bills than any president ever.

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The president just simply lies for no reason.

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I was against the war in Iraq.

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Why lie about something that you don't have to lie about?

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You have people registered in two states.

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They vote twice.

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Why does he keep repeating it if it's obviously not true?

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We're going to get to Trump in a minute.

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Hell yeah!

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But before that, we have to talk to Christopher Paul.

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I'm a senior social scientist at the RAND Corporation.

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He co-wrote the report on Russian firehosing and he described it as having four key characteristics.

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Russian propaganda is high volume and multichannel.

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It's rapid, continuous, and repetitive.

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It makes no commitment to objective reality.

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And it makes no commitment to consistency.

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Oooh, sounds like Trump.

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Can you give me a second?

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I'm building a narrative here.

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The first two characteristics are pretty standard for propaganda.

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Research shows that if we hear a lie from multiple sources, we think of it as more credible.

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The same is true for lies we hear repeatedly.

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