Disinformation Tactics - appeal to false authority

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Disinformation Tactics

appeal to false authority - insisting something is true because someone posing as or being framed as an expert says it's true.

In the examples shown, the comment identifies those being cited or framed as experts that are not experts on the issue at hand.

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