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A wrap up smear,<ref>https://youtu.be/SMJdDwQlcc8</ref> also known as a circular echo chamber, occurs when partisan sources leak false information to journalists then use published accounts to validate their claims.
A wrap up smear,<ref>https://youtu.be/SMJdDwQlcc8</ref> also known as a circular echo chamber, occurs when partisan sources leak false information to journalists then use published accounts to validate their claims.
Two instances in recent memory illustrate the technique: the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] and the [[Kavanaugh smear]]. In Trump-Russia, a false allegation that Trump colluded with Russia was leaked by Democratic operatives to get news organizations to publicize the claim, then biased [[Obama administration]] employees used those news stories sd supposed evidence to obtain FBI [[surveillance]] warrants on the Trump campaign.
Two instances in recent memory illustrate the technique: the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] and the [[Kavanaugh smear]]. In Trump-Russia, a false allegation that Trump colluded with Russia was leaked by Democratic operatives to get news organizations to publicize the claim, then biased [[Obama administration]] employees used those news stories as supposed evidence to obtain FBI [[surveillance]] warrants on the Trump campaign.
In the Kavanaugh smear, false sexual abuse allegations were leaked by Senate Democrat committee staffers to produce sensationalized headlines and martial public pressure in an emotional cause.
In the Kavanaugh smear, false sexual abuse allegations were leaked by Senate Democrat committee staffers to produce sensationalized headlines and martial public pressure in an emotional cause.