And how governments through history have performed mass mind control. But many Americans would be surprised to learn that there is more to the recent rash of slaughter than meets the eye. In a word, disinformation.
Disinformation takes many forms.
It ranges from spin to outright fabrication. It includes seemingly spontaneous events staged to deliver a message as well as elaborate cover-ups and media blackouts engineered to conceal other events, lest the public learn the truth. It has been part of politics since cave days. It is ubiquitous. Where there is power there are liars.