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Rory Cormac's secrets of statecraft and covert action

Rory Cormac's secrets of statecraft and covert action

Kim Hill Wants To Know vor 1 Monat

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Rory Cormac knows a lot about deliberately spreading propaganda
for political gain. The professor of international relations
specialises in the study of covert action and secret statecraft.
He speaks to Kim Hill about his latest book Fakers.

Watch the video version of this episode on the RNZ website on
YouTube or TVNZ+.

Season 2 Episode 3

Professor Rory Cormac is the author of
Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the
Disinformation Front Line

In this episode:
(00:00) Introduction to
Professor Rory Cormac

(02:53) The role of the Information Research Department

(09:00) Covert operations in Africa

(12:10) The characters behind the IRD

(15:08) Fake news agencies and journalistic integrity

(18:05) Mission creep post-WWII

(20:55) The Indonesian genocide and propaganda

(24:02) Soviet tactics and modern parallels

(26:58) The challenge of disinformation today

(32:47) The future of truth in a “post-truth” world

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