Disinformation invades our daily lives, it corrupts social networks and infiltrates certain media outlets.
Traditionally the prerogative of totalitarian regimes, it now punctuates the speeches of certain leaders and dominant figures, all political affiliations combined.
Alternative facts and truths
Let us remember Kellyanne Conway, former advisor to Trump, who for the first time in 2017 launched the expression “alternative facts» to downplay Sean Spicer’s lie about the size of the crowd attending Trump’s inauguration.
Spicer had not lied but rather expressed an alternative truth…
The population knows that they are often lied to, but to be told by the president’s advisor that she herself is distorting the truth to suit her convenience…
The beginning of a new time…
Which peaked during the pandemic.
While a wave of false information and conspiracy theories flooded social networks.
Natural disasters are no exception!
The hurricane Helene which has recently raged in the United States has given rise to its share of false news.
Hurricanes are said to be “scientifically” manufactured so that the authorities can grab the lands of those affected.
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, representative in Congress, elected in Georgia in 2020, added more.
According to this climate skeptic, Democrats amplify, control and direct large hurricanes like Milton towards the States acquired by the Republicans in order to destroy them.
Social media is full of wild theories, including one that Milton would be the work of the CIA.
To “reassure” the population, candidate Trump could not find better to say that the funds available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help the victims have been entirely paid to the migrants and that there would not be a penny left to help the victims of Milton.
While some people completely buy into these conspiracy theories and the false statements that support them, others are beginning to see them as a serious threat to their security.
