Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/30/03 10:14:19 AM, imagist@concentric.net writes: << > I don't wish to begin a flame or even a tiny thread but I looked up > "disinformation" >> Disinformation dates back to 1939. The Merriam Webster defines it: false information deliberately and often covertly spread (as by the planting of rumors) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth. Disinformation was the warp and woof of Goebbels Nazi propaganda, which explains its1939 origin. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html