And here you are at least providing some useful information. :)
Its hard work, but somebody’s got to do it! :)
An Obama political strategy from the beginning of his first campaign in 2007 until today is to “leak” easily disproven disinformation to key operatives in the mainstream media and then quickly “disprove” their own leaked disinformation. It has worked like a charm for nine, going on ten years.
Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals advocates this, particularly when the disinformation can embarrass or humiliate your opponents.