It seems like the idea of "disinformation" as a matter of public concern began to be seeded with the whole Trump "fake news" Russian disinfo thing , but it never really stuck until covid .
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I don’t know If You’re familiar with Yuri Bezmenov. If not, take a look at this
https://rumble.com/vxv30j-the-art-of-subversion-tomas-schuman-yuri-bezmenov-l.a.-1983.html
Going to look into this thanks man.