{"id":2037648,"date":"2023-09-19T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacob-siegel-on-disinformation-the-hoax-of-the-century-part-1\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:42:14","slug":"jacob-siegel-on-disinformation-the-hoax-of-the-century-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacob-siegel-on-disinformation-the-hoax-of-the-century-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Siegel discusses disinformation and refers to it as the &#8216;Hoax of the Century&#8217; in Part 1."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjacob-siegel-on-disinformation-the-hoax-of-the-century-part-1%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2037648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<p>The hoax of the century \u200bis that there exists \u2062a great threat of disinformation that is\u200d \u201cso grave\u2064 that it justifies a state of emergency in which unelected\u2064 regulators and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-covers-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"NBC News Covers the Biden Administration\u00a0\">national security officials<\/a> can violate the\u200b Constitution to protect individual American citizens,&#8221; according to a magazine editor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The world is\u200b being deceived by a\u200d massive hoax, \u2064perpetuated by those who claim\u2064 that disinformation poses\u200d an imminent danger. They\u2062 argue that this threat is so severe that it\u2064 warrants suspending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">constitutional rights<\/a> and granting \u200bunelected \u200cofficials the power to protect the American people. But is this threat even real? \u200dJacob Siegel, a senior editor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tablet magazine<\/a>, \u200bhas published a groundbreaking guide that exposes the\u2064 truth behind this deception.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In\u200c an interview with EpochTV\u2019s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/jacob-siegel-part-1-disinformation-warfare-a-new-weapon-of-mass-destruction-5486733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Thought Leaders<\/a>,&#8221; Mr. \u200dSiegel boldly declares, &#8220;It\u2019s a hoax \u200bbecause\u2062 this threat, quite simply, doesn\u2019t exist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tech\/pentagon-awards-ai-company-contract-to-monitor-neutralize-viral-disinformation-5486630?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Pentagon Awards AI Company Contract to Monitor, Neutralize\u200c &#8216;Viral Disinformation&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/6\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tech\/pentagon-awards-ai-company-contract-to-monitor-neutralize-viral-disinformation-5486630?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/irs-failing-to-protect-sensitive-taxpayer-information-watchdog-5490433?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>IRS Failing to Protect Sensitive Taxpayer Information: Watchdog<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/13\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/irs-failing-to-protect-sensitive-taxpayer-information-watchdog-5490433?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Mr. Siegel, this so-called\u2064 disinformation\u200c threat\u2063 is nothing more than a fabrication. It is a tool used \u200bby a censorship bureaucratic apparatus to suppress dissent and undermine\u2064 the\u200c constitutional rights of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>In his \u200beye-opening guide, Mr. Siegel writes, &#8220;Disinformation\u200c is\u2063 both the name of \u2064the crime and the\u200d means of covering it up; \u2062a weapon\u200d that \u2064doubles as a disguise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>During the EpochTV interview, Mr.\u200d Siegel\u200d exposes the\u2063 truth behind\u2062 the disinformation narrative.\u200b He reveals, &#8220;The supposed threat of disinformation&#8230; \u200crapidly evolved into [an] all-encompassing threat where supposed COVID misinformation was now \u200cpart of the same category that \u200donce included deliberate, state-backed deceptions by the \u200dRussian government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Military \u200dOrigins<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Siegel uncovers the origins of\u200b disinformation, tracing it back \u200dto \u2063military warfare.\u2062 Its purpose is \u200cto sow confusion among the target \u2064population, \u2062as he \u200bexplains.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In America, the fear of disinformation began with exaggerated claims of Russian \u200binterference in \u200dthe 2016 election, which have since been discredited.\u200c However, \u200cthis narrative \u200chas evolved to include disinformation surrounding \u2064COVID-19, vaccinations, and \u200dother issues.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Siegel points\u2064 out the \u2063dangerous implications of this narrative, stating,\u200b &#8220;It is \u200ca powerful tool\u2064 to make \u200dthat claim, because it means that you can \u2063employ the weapons\u200d of warfare \u2064to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hes-laughed-at-in-washington-trump-calls-out-tom-rice-at-south-carolina-rally\/\" title=\"'He's Laughed at in Washington': Trump Calls Out Tom Rice at South Carolina Rally\">domestic political opponents<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further exposes the individuals behind this narrative, such as Clint Watts, \u200dthe lead\u200b figure behind the online dashboard \u2063Hamilton\u200d 68. Mr. Siegel reveals that Mr. Watts falsely claimed that \u2064Russian propaganda and domestic\u200b political speech were indistinguishable during\u200d the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Siegel, the official document \u200cthat \u2062propagated the idea of Russia collusion in the 2016 \u2063election was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacob-siegel-on-disinformation-the-hoax-of-the-century-part-1\/\" title=\"Jacob Siegel discusses disinformation and refers to it as the 'Hoax of the Century' in Part 1.\">biased \u2063intelligence community assessment<\/a>, handpicked by former CIA Director John\u200b Brennan. This document, \u200ddeclassified by\u2064 President Obama, shaped the political discourse \u2064in America for the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Siegel \u2064asserts, &#8220;We now of course know that all of these claims about Russia&#8217;s interference \u200cin the \u20622016 election were either \u2062invented whole-cloth or \u2063were so wildly exaggerated as to essentially be inventions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062false narrative then became the justification\u200c for\u2064 government \u2064agencies to police speech\u2064 in \u200cAmerica.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>For instance, in a 2021 \u2063document from the \u2062Cybersecurity\u200b and Infrastructure Agency, director Jen \u2063Easterly stated, \u201cone could argue that\u2062 we\u2019re in the business of critical infrastructure, and the most critical infrastructure is our cognitive infrastructure, so\u200b building that resilience\u2063 to misinformation and disinformation, \u200bI\u2064 think, is incredibly\u200b important.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Monitoring Internet Use<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Siegel reveals that public and private internet use is \u200cclosely monitored,\u200d with even keystrokes being collected in a database. This data is then analyzed by algorithms, posing a \u2063threat \u2064to privacy and freedom of thought.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u200cgovernment now claims the authority to police\u200d anything that\u200c goes through people&#8217;s\u200b minds for the sake of public safety and \u200cnational security.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his own\u2064 experiences as an \u200dintelligence officer in \u2064Afghanistan, Mr. Siegel questions the motives behind the massive collection of data by\u2063 the \u200dU.S. Army. He\u200c also highlights \u200chis observations of the media&#8217;s role in perpetuating the\u2062 Trump-Russia collusion claims.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Siegel concludes that\u2063 a coalition of forces opposing President Trump emerged, driven by\u200d shared interests and a common\u200d enemy. This coalition, consisting of\u2064 government agencies, news media, universities, \u200dand nonprofits, worked together to \u2064shape the narrative and suppress dissent.<\/p>\n<p>He warns, &#8220;Rather than\u200b nationalizing physical production, what&#8217;s\u200c being nationalized is social media, opinion production, perception\u2063 production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the media contributed\u200b to the public&#8217;s obsession over disinformation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Narrative that has led to the current obsession \u200dover disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Siegel further asserts that the media plays\u2062 a\u200d significant role in perpetuating this hoax. \u200bThey amplify and sensationalize stories about disinformation, \u200bthereby creating fear and panic among the public. This fear is then used as justification\u2063 for \u2064increased\u2064 censorship and government control.<\/p>\n<p>The implications of this hoax \u2062are far-reaching. It erodes\u200d trust\u200d in institutions\u2063 and undermines the \u200dfundamental rights and freedoms\u2063 that are enshrined in the \u200bConstitution. As Mr. Siegel aptly puts it, \u200c&#8221;The hoax of disinformation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>an article exposing the hoax of the century: the exaggerated fear of disinformation. 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