Episode 18: The Big Lie (feat. Jen Mercieca)
Description
If you repeat a lie enough, people may start to believe it. This idea of the big lie has been around for a while, but the last 8 years it has been so bad that fact checkers had to create a whole new rating level for how bad the lying is. Dr. Sturg breaks down the history of the big lie and shows how surrogates and supporters help to spread it.
In the interview, author and professor Dr. Jen Mercieca breaks down Texas politics, explains how dead Greek guys have a lot to say about productive communication and how fraught the present moment is in politics and democracy.
Follow Jen
Twitter (X): @jenmercieca
Check out Demagogue For President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump
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Twitter -Prof. Amanda Sturgill (@DrSturg) / X
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Questions and Tips
Dr. Sturg’s Books
Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
We are #AltGov: Inside the Resistance on Social Media
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