"Something monstrous is taking shape in America," writes Jacob Siegel in his March 28 story for Tablet magazine entitled, "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century: Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation."
Siegel says a worrying "synergy of state and corporate power" emerged in 2016 in service of crushing a so-called "disinformation" threat. The problem, says Siegel, is that the national security state, opportunistic politicians, and a compliant media have inflated this threat to serve their own purposes and in the process created a "digital leviathan" that threatens the liberties of all Americans.
Join Reason's Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live chat with Siegel about his deep dive into what he's termed the "counter-disinformation complex."
Watch and leave questions and comments on the YouTube video above or on Reason's Facebook page.
Show notes:
- A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century
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U.S. State Department Funds a Disinformation Index That Warns Advertisers To Avoid Reason
- The Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act
- Producer: Bess Byers
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