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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenTURTLE is about to learn about"STREISAND Effect"in silencingWARREN reading Coretta Scott KING ltr
Full letter (10 pp.) here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/10/read-the-letter-coretta-scott-king-wrote-opposing-sessionss-1986-federal-nomination/?utm_term=.744947106298
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from Wiki:
[font size=5]Streisand Effect[/font]
The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. It is an example of psychological reactance, wherein once people are aware something is being kept from them, their motivation to access and spread the information is increased.[1]
It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose 2003 attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in Malibu, California, inadvertently drew further public attention to it. Similar attempts have been made, for example, in cease-and-desist letters to suppress numbers, files, and websites. Instead of being suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity and media extensions such as videos and spoof songs, often being widely mirrored across the Internet or distributed on file-sharing networks. ....
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pnwmom
(108,995 posts)burrowowl
(17,648 posts)Go Elizabeth Warren!!!!!!
tenorly
(2,037 posts)ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)TomCADem
(17,390 posts)...Republicans are once again trying to women in their place in their eyes.
vanlassie
(5,685 posts)be satisfied leading the Consumer Financial Protection agency she instigated. When the GOP obstructed her, she bitch slapped them and got herself elected Senator. They will never learn. They're stoopid.