Let’s keep the GOAT on the farm.

Jeffrey Blount
Sep 6, 2018 · 7 min read

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it”.

This diabolical WWII era quote has aged well. Unfortunately, it has retained its vigor as the first line of the propagandists’ bible, the advertiser’s manual, and the political consultant’s manifesto. As a country, we employ a wealth of fact checkers who struggle against the tide but ultimately fail with huge…

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Jeffrey Blount

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Author of the young adult novel Hating Heidi Foster and Emmy award-winning television director.

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