Understanding The Trump & Putin Firehosing Propaganda Strategy

Posted by Cam Woodsum 1 Min Read

Trump and Putin have utilized a very similar propaganda strategy: feed the media and the public constant lies as a way to control the narrative.

This strategy is called fire hosing and Vox does a phenomenal job of breaking it down in the video embedded below.

The Principles of Firehosing:

  1. High volume
  2. Rapid, continuous, and repetitive
  3. No commitment to objective reality
  4. No commitment to consistency

To read other content about propaganda and politics, check out The War On Truth: How Facts Have Become A Partisan Issue.

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