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Technique T0028: Create competing narratives
- Summary: Misinformation promotes an agenda by advancing narratives supportive of that agenda. This is most effective when the advanced narrative pre-dates the revelation of the specific misinformation content. But this is often not possible.
Suppressing or discouraging narratives already spreading requires an alternative. The most simple set of narrative techniques in response would be the construction and promotion of contradictory alternatives centered on denial, deflection, dismissal, counter-charges, excessive standards of proof, bias in prohibition or enforcement, and so on.
These competing narratives allow loyalists cover, but are less compelling to opponents and fence-sitters than campaigns built around existing narratives or highly explanatory master narratives. Competing narratives, as such, are especially useful in the firehose of misinformation approach.
- Belongs to tactic stage: TA06
| Incident | Descriptions given for this incident |
|---|
| Counters | Response types |
|---|---|
| C00042 Address truth contained in narratives | D3 Disrupt |
| C00080 Create competing narrative | D3 Disrupt |
| C00081 Highlight flooding and noise, and explain motivations | D3 Disrupt |
| C00082 Ground truthing as automated response to pollution | D3 Disrupt |
| C00084 Modify disinformation narratives, and rebroadcast them | D3 Disrupt |
| C00203 Stop offering press credentials to propaganda outlets | D3 Disrupt |
| C00211 Use humorous counter-narratives | D3 Disrupt |
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