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> I know if I were running a human trafficking, prostitution, and blackmail operation and wanted to cover it up I'd start by spreading wild theories and false accusations about elite Satanic cartoon villain cults doing exactly what I'm doing. That way the whole topic would get an aura of crankiness and reputable media would stay away.

I'm sure that keeping the "reputable" media away helps with teasing out the really big fish behind the blackmail operation. If the fish don't know how close you are to netting them, they can't get away.

ah yes. I personally like to refer to this as a stargate theory. for example, if the gov actually had a piece of alien technology capable of opening a wormhole to other planets, perhaps the best way to cover it up would indeed be to create a public tv show about it. That way, anyone who tried to argue for its veracity would immediately be considered a borderline lunatic.

I know a few people who are into UFO stuff and think that's exactly what was done to cover up evidence of alien presence. They also think a lot of the more common conspiracy-type mythology and fringe stuff in the UFO circuit is nonsense put out there to make the topic look silly.

It would definitely work.

Well, Stargate SG-1 specifically had the US Air Force fully on-board as consultants and even occasional guest appearances by genuine Air Force brass.

So...maybe there really is something under Cheyenne Mountain? ^_^

> If anything this stuff helps real crooks like Epstein by muddying the water and making the whole subject area look silly. I sometimes wonder if some of it is intentional. Seems like a great way to cover things up in an age where actually keeping secrets is hard.

Absolutely. Karl Rove famously said something to the effect of "accuse them of what you're the most guilty of".

My money says that's why there is the Pizzagate thing -- Trump's clear ties to Epstein are absolutely damming, so spin up the Pizzagate and make sure to mention Bill Clinton's ties to Epstein as well.

> Disinformation is like radar chaff. You just blow out a lot of noise and nobody knows where the signal is. The real secrets might leak but it doesn't matter because they just merge and blend in with all the bullshit.

There is a RAND Corp report about this: The Russian Firehose [of Propaganda] https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html