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Fake news can win wars

discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
we all know D-Day had plenty of deceptions involved. but do you realise just how much? a good easy reading to fill in some of the gaps you may have in your D-Day knowledge

http://historycollection.co/rubber-tanks-great-d-day-deception/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Ads&utm_campaign=operation-fortitude-Desktop
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    Fake NEWS is more likely to start a War, I'd bet...
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    To add credibility to the deception General Patton took command of the First U. S. Army Group (FUSAG, a nonexistent Army Group). The Germans bought it because they considered Patton to be the best General the Americans had.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • kissgoodnightkissgoodnight Member Posts: 4,063 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Though the Cuban insurrection against their Spanish rulers was stagnating, Hearst continued to send many of his high-profile writers and illustrators to the Cuba in hopes of capturing a great story.? Among Hearst's employees was the famed illustrator Frederic Remington.? In 1897, Remington became very bored by the lack of anything newsworthy in Cuba and cabled to Hearst, "Everything quiet.? There is no trouble here.? There will be no war.? Wish to return."? In response to Remington's message, Hearst reportedly replied, "Please remain.? You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."

    Remember the USS Maine.

    He started a war!
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    FAMOUS QUOTE:
    There is nothing wrong with fake news
    as long as it gets your point across.

    DROPTOP 2017
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,770 ******
    edited November -1
    IMO, it is not just fake news but fake news reporters that are reporting it!

    Back when news was "real", the reporter was rarely or never even seen.
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    "What is truth?"
    Pontius Pilot

    There is nothing new under the sun...
    "What is truth?'
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,770 ******
    edited November -1
    I still get a kick out of "Roger Mud on capital hill" [:D]

    Memories!
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