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17 October 2020

How To ‘Weaponize’ Misleading Narratives About V****g: Lessons from Trump-Linked PILF Playbook
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The president and his allies have indicated a willingness — even an intent — to challenge the validity of v**es cast by mail.

A new Snopes investigation by Alex Kasprak sheds light on this communications strategy by examining the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) — a conservative legal group with myriad ties to both the Trump Administration and right-wing media.

Drawing on hundreds of discovery documents from a recent lawsuit against that legal group, we discovered how a four-step method by PILF is used to create a narrative "fog of war" around v****g misinformation.

Read more about the “PILF playbook” and its powerful connections in our full report.

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Well designed schemes by the LEFT to cover -up their F**E narratives. Nothing is left credible in everything they wrote and said. But a well manipulated press that are all unreliable and deceptive. Beware what you are reading.