July 26, 2021
David Hume: Disinformation, the Slave of the Passions
David Hume’s scepticism underpinned modern science, including psychology; both disinformation and defenders of democracy profited.
In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 1: The Straw Man.
Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.