Strategies for Smears, Hoaxes, and Lawfare

LINK: Nancy Pelosi on "wrap-up smear"

NOTE: Another study claimed this was taken out of context

Institutions

Blacklists

Fake Violence

https://firstdraftnews.org/articles/7-types-political-hoaxes-youll-see-us-presidential-election/

Ignoring the past

Fearmongering

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/inappropriate-explicit-content/fake-news/

Deep Fakes

Deceptively Edited Videos

Scott Adams video

False Flags

Fact Checking - but checking a fringe version of the central claim
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/fact-check-fact-checkers-falsely-claim-they-are-fact-checkers