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Misinformation: Misinformation is false or misleading assertion that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to deceive. See also Social Media, Internet, Newspapers, Information, Assertions.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Hannah Arendt on Misinformation - Dictionary of Arguments

Krastev I 173
Misinformation/Arendt: Hannah Arendt (...) claimed that totalitarian elites displayed an 'ability to dissolve every statement of fact into a declaration of Purpose(1), - implying that political freedom presupposes an ability to distinguish the desirable from the likely and to describe reality without twisting it to serve partisan or personal agendas.
Fake News/Trump/Krastev: Trump is no totalitarian, but Arendt's analysis can be fruitfully applied to his rhetorical style since he regularly reduces statements of fact, made by allies or adversaries, to declarations of political purpose or instruments in the service of ulterior motives. That, indeed, may well be the essence of his instinctual or intuitive illiberalism.
>Fake News/Krastev
, >Misinformation/Kennan.

1. Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism (Meridian Books, 1958).

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Arendt I
H. Arendt
Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics. Civil Disobedience. On Violence. Thoughts on Politics and Revolution Boston 1972

Krastev I
Ivan Krastev
Stephen Holmes
The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019


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