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A '''hit piece''' is a publication, whether factual or otherwise, designed to create a negative impression in the mind of the audience. | A '''hit piece''' is a publication, whether factual or otherwise, designed to create a negative impression in the mind of the audience. | ||
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The [[BBC]]'s ''[[Conspiracy Road Trip]]'' about [[9-11]] was termed a "well-crafted hit piece" by one of its participants.<ref>http://911truthnews.com/911-conspiracy-roadtrip-a-participants-perspective/</ref> | The [[BBC]]'s ''[[Conspiracy Road Trip]]'' about [[9-11]] was termed a "well-crafted hit piece" by one of its participants.<ref>http://911truthnews.com/911-conspiracy-roadtrip-a-participants-perspective/</ref> | ||
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| something published with the intent to sway public opinion by presenting false information in a way that appears objective and honest. |
A hit piece is a publication, whether factual or otherwise, designed to create a negative impression in the mind of the audience.
Selected Examples
The BBC's Conspiracy Road Trip about 9-11 was termed a "well-crafted hit piece" by one of its participants.[1]
Examples
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| Conspiracy Files | A series of programmes, each of which focuses on a particular "Conspiracy theories". |
| Document:Julian Assange is a suspected Russian intelligence asset | "If Assange was interested in avoiding extradition to the US, he'd have gone to Sweden to answer the charges that were unlikely to see a conviction, and where he had far less chance of being extradited. But if he really WERE a Russian intelligence asset... well, then it all makes sense." - except that what it really makes is nonsense. |
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