How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’

[IDIOCRACY]

Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. Understanding this effect can help you avoid falling for propaganda, says psychologist Tom Stafford.

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. Among psychologists something like this known as the "illusion of truth" effect. Here's how a typical experiment on the effect works: participants rate how true trivia items are, things like "A prune is a dried plum". Sometimes these items are true (like that one), but sometimes participants see a parallel version which isn't true (something like "A date is a dried plum").
After a break – of minutes or even weeks – the participants do the procedure again, but this time some of the items they rate are new, and some they saw before in the first phase. The key finding is that people tend to rate items they've seen before as more likely to be true, regardless of whether they are true or not, and seemingly for the sole reason that they are more familiar.

How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’

Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. Understanding the "illusion of truth" effect can help you avoid falling victim to this trick.

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I've not seen a better explanation for how so many lies spewed by trump have become adopted by The Following as the truth. Most of us intuitively know it to be so. What else accounts for the persistent belief in the Big Lie, and so many others?

But he can't do it alone. What doesn't get enough attention is the crucial role conservative media plays in reinforcing the lies trump tells. If Faux fact checked trump on a regular basis the country would be a far different place. But then Faux's on air personalities lie inveterately as well. It's an essential part of their business model. Not correcting a lie being almost as bad as starting one.

There's another name for the "illusion of truth" trump so ardently believe in. Coined by trump's former chief propagandist, Kellyanne. It's called "alternative facts."

Kellyanne Conway: Sean Spice shared ‘alternative facts’ in Trump's crowd size

Kellyanne Conway, adviser to President Trump, joined “Meet the Press”on January 22, 2017. Chuck Todd pressed her about Trump’s decision to have Press Secretary Sean Spicer lie about inauguration crowd sizes. Conway said Spicer provided the White House Press Corps with “alternative facts.” Chuck...

www.nbcnews.com

What began as a tortured excuse for Sean Spicer's inaugural crowd size lie has blossomed in to the belief in what is tantamount to a parallel universe. A safe place for The Following to retreat to when reality becomes unbearably inconvenient.

Trump's reelection has caused you to experience a mental decline huh Berg?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

$150 increased to $280 when inflation totaled 20%? Does that make sense to you?

Ya think that company might be piling on a bit (actually a shit load) of profit?

Yeah that

That company couldn't "pile on a shit load of profit" until the Biden administration?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Mindless blanket statement made by someone who clearly recognizes the pattern.

Fox lies to its audience. Trump lies to everyone all the time.

His sheep know it too (aas your post demonstrated).

CNN lies to its audience. Biden/Harris/Pelosi/Obama lie to everyone all the time.

 

[pknopp]

And obviously I wrote too many words for your less than average american's 8.5 attention span!

Of course not in 1995... but the CitiBank lawsuit provided the ATTENTION for Obama after the two founders of the Students for a Democratic Society, Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, hosted a gathering at their home in 1995,[6] where Alice Palmer introduced Obama as her chosen successor in the Illinois State Senate

Bill Ayers 2008 presidential election controversy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bush argued long before Obama to expand housing.

 

[Foolardi]

Obama was a nobody in 1995.

Palled around with guys like Bill Ayers in Chicago and
got his introduction into Chicago elitism at the Ayers
Brownstone.

Trump's reelection has caused you to experience a mental decline huh Berg?

I'm tryin to think of the mental decline word for such a
condition.Where normalcy becomes conflicted.
Not Trump Derangement Syndrome.But close.

 

[Lesh]

That company couldn't "pile on a shit load of profit" until the Biden administration?

They took advantage of rising prices.

How stupid are you?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Yup. Remember the stage where Messiah Obama came out on the night of his 2008 win, complete with Roman columns?

(The other odd thing was that it was just the four of them on stage - including his wife and two you kids). Where was his extended family? No close “like family” people? Nope. He wanted it known that he and he alone was the new Ruler.)

Barrack Hussein Obama ….mmm …mmm …mmm

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

They took advantage of rising prices.

How stupid are you?

They never figured out they could "take advantage of rising prices" until Biden?

Damn, they're even dumber than you.

 

[BluesLegend]

Mindless blanket statement made by someone who clearly recognizes the pattern.

Fox lies to its audience. Trump lies to everyone all the time.

His sheep know it too (aas your post demonstrated).

(yawn) and their projection continues ^^^

 

[TimFitz]

Seems it need repeating as you loons are still trying to claim how fantastic Biden's economy has been

Obama started the "great recession" in 1995 with his following!

Maroney: Obama’s hidden role in subprime crisis​

Staff Writer
MetroWest Daily News
According to an article that appeared in the Daily Caller, published on Sept. 3, 2012, Barack Obama was one of many Chicago activists who pioneered the national subprime real estate bubble, which contributed to the financial scandal which has affected the whole country.

The article is titled “With landmark lawsuit Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago’s African Americans,” and contains the following quote:
“Fay Clayton, a Chicago progressive activist, initiated the discrimination lawsuit in 1994. Obama’s employer, a lawyer named Judson Miner, allied with Clayton to file a class-action lawsuit a year later.”

The suit was filed against Citibank on behalf of several African-Americans based on allegations that it had refused to issue them mortgage loans.
This is an abbreviated account of the proceedings that began with a class-action suit in which Obama represented approximately 90 clients who sued Citibank. That was the beginning of the real estate bubble, which has affected thousands of homeowners. Barack Obama, along with other activists, pushed banks to make loans to low income African-Americans even though they knew they had the inability to pay off those loans.

Obama’s hypocrisy is breathtaking. Although he is well aware of the part he played in bringing about one of the biggest scandals in recent history, he continues to claim Republicans created the bubble in the first place and blames George Bush for creating the mess he “inherited.” And why not? He knows he can rely on the mainstream media to keep his private sector law career a secret.

Maroney: Obama’s hidden role in subprime crisis

In a rousing speech while running for office, Senator Barack Obama quoted Judge Louis Brandeis, “Sunlight is the greatest disinfectant.” He promised that his administration would be open and transpa…

www.metrowestdailynews.com

And the main Democrat congressman who oversaw the major cause of the "Great Depression"...
Barney Frank..
Fannie & Freddie of the history of the "great recession" again started with Obama's 1995 lawsuit against lending companies that restricted loans to areas "red lining" that had a history of poor credit or repayments of loans. With that lawsuit starting the Federal govt. Fannie & Freddie backing those loans with poor credit, raised the rates on loan payments which in turn caused... A housing bubble is a sustained but temporary condition of over-valued prices and rampant speculation in housing markets. The U.S. experienced a major housing bubble in the 2000s caused by money inflows to housing markets and loose lending conditions.Mar 15, 2024

What Is a Housing Bubble?

A housing bubble is a run-up in home prices fueled by demand, speculation, and exuberance that bursts when demand falls as supply increases.

www.investopedia.com

NOW Barney Frank admitted the linkage caused the great recession.
BUT NOTE Barney Frank in 2021 he re-canted his support for Fannie and Freddie MAE!!
Just to repeat this is what Barney said in 2021.... after he and his boyfriend profited ! ...in a recent CNBC interview, Frank told me that he was ready to say goodbye to Fannie and Freddie.
"I hope by next year we'll have abolished Fannie and Freddie," he said. Remarkable. And he went on to say that "it was a great mistake to push lower-income people into housing they couldn't afford and couldn't really handle once they had it."
He then added, "I had been too sanguine about Fannie and Freddie."

Barney Frank Comes Home to the Facts | RealClearPolitics

Can you teach an old dog new tricks? In politics, the answer is usually no. Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time...

www.realclearpolitics.com

So the majority of lower income people were specifically oriented towards BLACKs i.e. "redlining"!!!

Still peddling this idiotic BS?

 

[Lisa558]

(yawn) and their projection continues ^^^

Amazing how little they learned from the election.

 

[TimFitz]

Seems it need repeating as you loons are still trying to claim how fantastic Biden's economy has been

We have the facts and figures. You don’t.

 

[Lisa558]

We have the facts and figures. You don’t.

You’re out of touch with the working class - the largest voting bloc - and their struggles with paying rent and buying groceries, all the while they see Dems giving free hotel stays and three meals a day to the illegals.

You really are clueless as to why you lost, aren’t you?

 

[sartre play]

As I recall, that gave illegals working here a path to get legal status but did nothing to businesses that continued to hire illegals.

BOTH party's been doing it forever.,

 

[sartre play]

Do you support ICE vehicle and gas stove bans?

I only use a gas stove. If this was ONLY one of a few problems that WE have,
Would give it up, just for the possibility of some honest balance in AMERICAN politics.

 

[sartre play]

Democrats want to pass themselves off as a working man's party. The working man isn't buying it anymore. Now we are waiting for a new Golden Age, courtesy of Trumpy. Who benefitted from the last Golden Age?

There is no working mans party, And its getting worse.

 

[sartre play]

The economy has had strong employment numbers , strong GDP growth, decreasing inflation…

Along WITH that strong stock market performance. In fact the US economy is doing better than any other nation in the world.

Calling the economy weak IS the lie

Not a perfect answer, yet as of today America is still strong. Its the future I fear for.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Perhaps you'd like to read thru the provisions of this bill..........

A Guide to S.744: Understanding the 2013 Senate Immigration Bill

This guide to provide policymakers, the media, and the public with an easy-to-understand guide to the main components of S. 744 and the purpose behind them.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

.........and explain why House Repubs killed it.

Americanimmigrationcouncil.org
This is why no rational Americans take the left seriously.

 

[sartre play]

you'd replace that stove I'm sure.

YOU miss the point, The stove is A SMALL ITEM.
Making small items more important than the Many big mistakes, That both party's have been making.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

LOL, I'm gullible for condemning his stupid political rhetoric that is never going to happen? LOL

Remember twenty years ago when men using woman’s locks rooms wasn’t going to happen?