Why It’s Important To Push Back On ‘Plandemic’—And How To Do It

https://www.forbes.com ^ | 8 May 2020 | Tara Haelle

[BackRoads775]

By now you’ve probably heard about or even seen the video “Plandemic” that’s been spreading like wildfire through social media networks. This article is not the one you should give to your friend or relative or coworker who shared the video. This is an article for those who recognized the video as rife with conspiracy theories, misinformation and false claims, those who are frustrated and unsettled and disappointed in who they see sharing it, and those who want to know what to say when they see it. It explains why the video is successful, how to recognize propaganda like this for what it is, and explain why it is so, so, so important to speak up about this particular video.

[olivia3boys]

The more the mainstream media talk about it and try to censor it the more people will be curious and seek it out.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Fido969]

Tara Haelle is a big proponent of climate change theory.

So, she knows all about “propaganda”.

[Arcadian Empire]

Resurrect Freedom of Speech.

[PapaBear3625]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

The Streisand effect is a social phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of further publicizing that information, often via the Internet. It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in Malibu, California inadvertently drew further attention to it in 2003.

[Lurkinanloomin]

how to recognize propaganda like this for what it is
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Like the propaganda we are subjected to every day by the Ministry of Propaganda?

[The_Media_never_lie]

The charges were dropped, not because of the merits of the case, but due to a variety of complicating legal factors related to the family that runs the Whittemore Peterson Institute:

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IMHO, the Snopes rebuttal would have more believable had they just said the charges were dropped, and not made it look like she was guilty by their additional qualifiers.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Mainstream media is the Pravda of the US. Whatever they say, think and do the opposite. Besides, why would we NOT trust an accomplished epidemiologist who was railroaded by corrupt discredited Fauci?

[\/\/ayne]

Author Tara Haelle says "Snopes always does a thorough job" and says her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, Scientific American, Medscape, Self, the Washington Post, Politico, Everyday Health, Slate, Frontline Medical Communications "and elsewhere."

Haelle says the entire first third of Plandemic is dedicated to setting Judy Mikovits up as a trustworthy expert on everything the video will discuss.

Well, the end of her own article sets up Tara Haelle as someone who cannot be trusted.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow, I skimmed the entire article by Tara Haelle, a “freelance science and multimedia journalist who specializes in reporting on vaccines, pediatric and maternal health, parenting, public health, mental health, medical research, and the social sciences. “

Her basic argument (in a lot of words) seems to boil down to “don’t be a rube and fall for this conspiracy theory just because it has good production values and appeals to your pathos.”

By her logic, we should never believe ANYTHING that NPR produces. But she would argue that NPR’s productions are all factual and definitely are not propaganda.

[LouieFisk]

“The more the mainstream media talk about it and try to censor it the more people will be curious and seek it out.”
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I wouldn’t waste time watching it, but it’s wrong to try to stop others from viewing it. And, as you noted, all it does is bring up the “forbidden fruit effect”. Something like the “Streisand Effect”. Just gets more people interested in seeing it.

[ssfromla]

LIAR!

All these punks with their double speak and propaganda should all be called the liars they are.

They're not dumb. They know exactly what what's up and keep sending their "journalists" to set us straight.

I wouldn't even doubt that they bet $1.00 for who will be the one that we're going to fall for.

Now though, there are people at home that are at home checking the information (propaganda) they're being told and getting pretty pissed. The majority of them are opening their eyes to realize only a few corporations are putting out their propaganda. Learning that repetition is the best way to mind control and they've been their targets.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

You know it is the truth when they go full jihad over it KEEP SHARING far and wide!!{

[olivia3boys]

The “Streisand effect;” funny. I hadn’t heard that. :)

[tomkat]

             

[mewzilla]

Oh, guys...

From 2017, on Forbes

Chinese ownership is raising questions about the editorial independence of a major U.S. magazine

[Robert DeLong]

The truth scares many I guess, as I have seen a few of these articles already today.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yep. The “Streisand and Effect”.

[Impala64ssa]

Author Tara Haelle says "Snopes always does a thorough job" 
Is she also an amateur comedian? The crazy cat lady who runs Snopes has yet to debunk the hands up don't shoot narrative. Even Politifact had the intellectual honesty to give it their highest "pants on fire" rating.