Propaganda Techniques

whataboutism - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.


10:36 see definition - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Meadows shifts the focus from whether Trump associates did enough to raise alarms about Russian interference in the 2016 election to accusing Obama of the same—diverting criticism onto the prior administration.
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26:34 see definition - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Gillum shifts the focus from allegations of financial misconduct against him to raising similar concerns about DeSantis—redirecting the scrutiny onto DeSantis.[11]
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08:05 see definition - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Gorka shifts the focus from Don Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer to get dirt on Clinton to a DNC consultant meeting with Ukrainian officials to get dirt on Manafort—redirecting scrutiny onto his opponent.[4]
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06:14 see definition - discrediting a criticism by accusing hypocrisy to shift the focus away from oneself and onto others.
: Clinton shifts the focus from criticism of her taking money from Wall Street to other Democrats taking money from Wall Street—making the practice seem commonplace.
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