It is kind of horrifying that people can pump a lot of BS out there, the BS circulates and ages and then becomes the source for further BS. Eventually the central claim is accepted as true.
I heard it called "injecting" in the past, though recently people have been using the term "information laundering". It used to be in the realm of intel agency psyops and astroturfing. It's how all mainstream news functions now.
It is kind of horrifying that people can pump a lot of BS out there, the BS circulates and ages and then becomes the source for further BS. Eventually the central claim is accepted as true.
I heard it called "injecting" in the past, though recently people have been using the term "information laundering". It used to be in the realm of intel agency psyops and astroturfing. It's how all mainstream news functions now.
Also how all of the fraudulent X-studies fields in academia function.