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Disinformation Tactics

straw man - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.

1:08:49 see definition - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: The WH correspondent was questioning the competence of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, NOT the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.
42:12 see definition - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: Youngkin said "Trump represents so much of why I'm running," NOT "So much of the reason why I'm running is because of Donald Trump."[9]
08:37 see definition - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: Harris said that Pence and Trump have failed in their handing of the pandemic, NOT that the American people have failed in their handing of the pandemic.
1:19:32 see definition - misrepresenting an opponent's position or argument to make it easier to attack, usually by exaggerating, distorting, or just completely fabricating it.
: Sanders is advocating for a policy to increase employee ownership in corporations, NOT for communism or an end to capitalism.