The goal of disinformation is not just to get you to question some particular fact about a piece of reality that clashes with the disinformer’s interests, but to erode your trust in the “truth tellers” on the other side. This undercuts the basis for a whole class of factual beliefs all at once. The genius of disinformation is that it doesn’t just get you to believe a falsehood, but to distrust (and sometimes even hate) anyone who does not also believe this same falsehood.
