Ignoring a false attack let it define the message

Evidence

But then Kerry made a fatal error by choosing not to “dignify” the Swift Boat Veterans’ claims with a response for two solid weeks while they pummeled him on national TV. He lost the election by a few thousand votes in Ohio. Kerry had no idea we were entering the post-truth era. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 314

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the norm that false claims deserve no dignity — a pre-post-truth etiquette whose failure helped launch an era. — connects to: Trolls attack based on trigger words without reading the content — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 302

Broader Connections

• Trolls attack based on trigger words without reading the content #qualifies (0.85) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 302