“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” – William J. Casey, CIA Director
Crash Course in Autohoaxology
The Autohoaxer Revolution
Main Concepts
- Autohoaxing: A skeptical approach that views media events as potentially fake until proven real, given the nature of media and incentives to fabricate news.
- Inactivism: Refusing to engage in the “infowar” or take sides in media-driven conflicts.
- Parallel Media: A proposed alternative to both mainstream and alternative media, comprised of “psywar-savvy mass-media skeptics.”
Media Critique
Ozman argues that both mainstream media and alternative “truther” media are part of a controlled narrative:
- MSM creates a simplified “Good vs. Evil” narrative.
- Alternative media acts as “controlled opposition,” perpetuating the psychological warfare by presenting counter-narratives.
Levels of Media Engagement
- MSM: Accepting mainstream narratives at face value.
- MSM+: Seeking additional information but still operating within the media’s frame of reference.
- MSM-: Subtracting unverifiable information and adopting a skeptical stance.
Call to Action
IPS encourages readers to:
- Adopt a “culture of disbelief” towards media narratives.
- Stop engaging with “death clingers, corpse clutchers, NASAtologists, or Trooferism orthodoxies.”
- Separate from “mind junk and mental malware.”
- Develop a “Parallel Media” of skeptical media consumers.
The IPS positions this approach as a way to resist psychological manipulation and achieve a more objective understanding of reality outside of media-constructed narratives.
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