Misinformation

Wikipedia coverage: Read the full Wikipedia article, including its references. The material below is the existing Deep Politics Wiki article.

Not to be confused with the equally scientific-sounding "disinformation".

"Misinformation" link (Propaganda, COVID-19, enemy image, plastic language)
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Misinformation is a word used by those in power to malign opinions and people they don't like, and as a scientific-sounding pretext for censorship. When those in power accuse someone of "misinformation", they are in a genial mood, since when they accuse someone of "disinformation" it implies they are enemies, and thus a target for black ops.

Can also be a real thing.

Overview

Misinformation is false, inaccurate, or misleading information that is communicated regardless of an intention to deceive. Examples of misinformation are:

• false rumours
• insults
• pranks
• memes

As a propaganda term it is used to label information or viewpoints that contradict the official narrative on any given topic, somewhat replacing "conspiracy theory".

Is an pretext to remove videos/posts on YouTube (and elsewhere) for challenging the consensus.

Joe Biden has declared war on "misinformation" on Facebook.

Instagram has fact check warnings on posts.

Official narrative

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The Guardian on the COVID-19/Vaccine for children. "Misinformation led to her being picked on. A clear government campaign aimed at 12 to 15-year-olds is vital".

Misinformation kills people and is a great threat to humanity according to Joe Biden.

Corporate media

The corporate media insists that misinformation is a danger to children. It is commonly blamed on the alt-right, conspiracy theorists, Russian trolls etc.

Wikipedia

The Wikipedia article; COVID-19 misinformation lists many "debunked" conspiracies. Rather from being independent, they admit that they work alongside the WHO for all reliable information. They also accuse certain countries of censoring Wikipedia, ie: countries that have dissented.

List of nations

Template:Colbegin Wikipedia keeps a list of "COVID-19 misinformation by governments". Most of the entries are from non-western nations.

• Argentina, president Alberto Fernández and health minister Ginés García
• Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro
• Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen
• China
• Cuba, President Miguel Díaz Canel
• Egypt
• Estonia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
• Madagascar, President Andry Rajoelina
• Malaysia
• Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
• Myanmar
• North Korea
• Russia
• Serbia
• Sweden, State Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell
• Tanzania, President John Magufuli
• Turkmenistan
• United Kingdom
• United States, President Donald Trump

Causes

• Wuhan lab (lab leak)
• Canadian lab (National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg)
• CIA
• United States Government
• Israel
• Muslims
• Jews
• Population control: (Piers Corbyn was described as "dangerous" by physician and broadcaster Hilary Jones during their joint interview on Good Morning Britain in early September 2020. Corbyn described COVID-19 as a "psychological operation to close down the economy in the interests of mega-corporations" and stated "vaccines cause death")
• 5G
• America and China
• Meteorite
• National Center for Medical Intelligence
• Taiwan
• Casedemic
• Patient Zero
• Xenophobia
• Bat soup
• Lifetime of the coronavirus
• Mosquitos

Prevention

• Face masks
• Alternative medicine, inc. Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine
• Vegetarianism
• Religion
• Tobacco
• Cocaine
• Helicopter spraying and Vibrations
• Food
• Vitamin D and Vitamin C
• Chlorine dioxide
• Silver

Wikipedia praising themselves

In the article, there is a section discussing Wikipedia's media coverage of Wikipedia's COVID-19 articles. "The media have praised Wikipedia's coverage of COVID-19 and its combating the inclusion of misinformation through efforts led by the English-language Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine, among other groups. From May 2020, Wikipedia's consensus for the COVID-19 pandemic page has been to "not mention the theory that the virus was accidentally leaked from a laboratory in the article. WHO began working with Wikipedia to provide much of its infographics and reports on COVID-19 to help fight misinformation, with plans to use similar approaches for fighting misinformation about other infectious diseases in the future."

They link to the Vaccine Confidence Project in the see also section.