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Heidi Cruz scares the Hell out of All Americans … says Trump Supporter

Heidi Cruz scares the Hell out of All Americans … says Trump Supporter

TL; TD Summary The details on the poster are somewhat true. The person who created this is the  unbiased[not] publisher of Trump Magazine. Uses fear, assertions, transference, and a fierce, evil looking photo to make its point. But this propaganda poster has way too much detail. Few people will read all the text. If reading takes more than 5 seconds to rouse your System 1 thinking, the poster’s message is probably dead-on-arrival.

Clinton did not admit to taking a bribe from Bush to fund Iraq War

Clinton did not admit to taking a bribe from Bush to fund Iraq War

TL;DR Summary Hillary Clinton is accused of admitting to taking a political bribe from President Bush. It’s framed as a question to raise suspicion, without having to be true. Snopes says the claim is FALSE. This was shared into my FB and Twitter feeds today. This works as propaganda merely because it fits the narrative the target wants to believe is true, so it is quickly Liked and Shared. It successfully raises doubts about Clinton and transfers dislike for Bush…

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A lie told online travels the world in milliseconds – is Cruz a Koch puppet?

A lie told online travels the world in milliseconds – is Cruz a Koch puppet?

TL;DR Summary Sen. Ted Cruz was bribed by the Koch brothers and is their puppet in the Senate. Politifact rates this a “pants on fire” lie. Relies on a false assertion to link the target’s presumed dislike of the Koch brothers as a reason to dislike Ted Cruz. In other words, the propaganda method of “transference”. At the time I collected this item, it had been shared over 94,000 times on Facebook.

Rubio outsources campaign ad to Canada

Rubio outsources campaign ad to Canada

Just as Trump ran an ad featuring Nazi soldiers, Rubio has now run a TV ad shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is, surprisingly to some, outside the United States: Actually, it’s “morning again” in the Vancouver harbor. Source: Marco Rubio’s ‘Morning Again in America’ ad opens with a Canadian skyline – The Washington Post Ted Cruz of course, was until recently, both a Canadian and U.S. citizen. The ad might have been more appropriate for Cruz. Rubio seems to…

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