Goebbels Didn’t Say It

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State. [Falsely attributed to Joseph Goebbels]

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Speech on Fake News Uses Fake Quotation

Jen Senko put out a film in 2016 titled The Brainwashing of My Dad, describing the effect of Fox News, etc., on her father. She gave a speech based on the film to the New York Society for Ethical Culture in 2017 — and cites the dubious Goebbels quotation. So a speech on fake news uses a fake quotation. If you’re curious, the reference is at about the 5-minute mark on this YouTube video.

Goebbels Didn’t Say It

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Speech on Fake News Uses Fake Quotation

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