📋 The Disinformation Playbook
How do you know when someone is raising legitimate doubts about scientific findings that affect the public interest? And how do you know when someone is just spreading disinformation? Here is a helpful guide to some of the standard ways in which disinformation is spread.
The Disinformation Playbook
Five tactics business interests use to sideline science, deceive the public and buy influence at the expense of public health and safety.
I think this article was a really useful resource. Obviously all of the techniques from “The Disinformation Playbook” are dangerous to consumers but I would argue that the most dangerous is “the blitz”. This technique used by large corporations to prevent independent research from being published does not even allow the information to be released to the public. While in other techniques such as “the fake” it is possible for consumers to look into the credibility and possible biases of research, this situation would not even give consumers that ability and allow large corporations to paint whatever image they want of their product.
I really liked this article. It ppresented really important information in a way that was clear and easy to understand, even if you dont watch football. the fix is the worst of them by far. It is the hardest one to combat as the people who are responsible for making laws that put science first are taking money from lobbyists and corporations that want to ignore science.
I completely agree with it being easy to understand because I’m not that in to football and I was still able to understand it. Another thing that I found interesting about the article was when it broke down 5 “plays” that can be used to block regulations or to minimize liability when it comes to science. Overall I really liked reading the article because of how interesting the break down was about disinformation.
This is a very eye-opening article. This shows how some competitors in an industry use various strategies against the competition. Some people will go as far as to manipulate the public perception through false media for the benefit of their business.
I think the article offered a good look on how people go option first into the science of things. When you are taking a product that you have never used before the first thong you do is research on it and look up the common effects, since these companies know that they use word play to make things seem either better or worst. Its not a science technique its a company Strat that isn’t for science only for themselves and money
well that was upsetting to read
It’s so scary how some companies can be so deceiving when it comes to something as important science. I believe humans should not have to worry about these disinformation tactics when it’s regarding our health and what we are putting into our environment. I honestly never had any doubts when a product says it was scientifically proven and this article has definitely opened my eyes to the reality that is untruthful “scientific studies.”
This relates a lot to how things are in the United States today. The left controls all the media and manipulates the minds of Americans into believing nonsense.
I enjoyed this article madly. It kinda sucks that it can be seen negatively with the business world. I hope we could all get better at that. But this article clearly states the five tactics that explain how corporations get away with the corruption in fields such as the food industry or pharmaceutical industry. I mention these two things as the playbook mentioned “The Fix” tactic #5. This tactic I believe best correlates with the pharmaceutical company since America is known for its overpriced healthcare. Because instead of administrative help, the business is popping with ownership of companies with an eye for THE profit.
I really enjoyed reading this article and I found it to be very interesting. I think that this article is such a great resource because it’s so informative and I really got a lot from it. I liked how when each method was talked about, there were different case studies on each one and that gave me a better understanding of the impact of each method. This article shows how some businesses will use different strategies against their competitors.
I really enjoyed reading this article because when it comes to competition with businesses that produce the same products, I always wondered how one became more successful than the other. This article really showed how companies can manipulate people and society to not only make themselves look like a bigger and better company, but to make more profit aswell. When you throw the science portion into it, it can really make you think differently about the product. For instance, if they use false advertising or say something was “clinically safe” or “scientifically proven” after reading the article, how can you tell if they’re being truthful or not?
I enjoyed this article because it will now be in my head every time I see a new result being advertised or shown somewhere. Although the article states that it’s not all that prominent, I still feel like at some point it has and will effect everyone some way. It may not be major, it could be as simple as drinking one soda or the other, because of “plays” like “The Fake” where a faulty or counterfeit science experiment is conceived as true.
I see a lot of disinformation in companies and never knew there was a word for it. It’s very interesting how many companies actually do this considering how unethical it is. I have definitely seen a lot of The Blitz in politics and diversion in religion. The fix and the fake seem to be really illegal to me, and it definitely is not okay for businesses to manipulate customers like that, but unfortunately they still do. I have a lot of respect for businesses that stay true and ethical, and it seems like this generally applies to smaller businesses and not these multi-million/billion dollar corporations.
Alot of people nowadays believe almost everything they see or hear often without doing any kind of digging. I think this article helped because it shows what you can look for in a situation to tell if you should trust the information or not.