The Participation Blog

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Professional propaganda and weaponized disinformation might be the biggest fundamental problem facing civil society and democracy. As the following story points out, politically slanted bulls#!t isn’t new, it’s been with us since well before Roger Stone was filling his diapers. But conventional media, alternative media and social media have given everyone a handheld megaphone and all of us are, unfortunately, within earshot all the time.

There are, however, things we can and need to do about it:

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