This ran in the WSJ today and it was from an unnamed, senior administration official. This has only been run in the WSJ and right-wing websites. The WSJ is the only semi-reputable source apart from the various blogs that have run this. Can anyone verify the veracity of this statement or is its verisimilitude akin to Gobbel’s “big lie”?
I don’t have an answer, and I don’t even know what FUD is supposed to mean - but it did remind me of this so I had to share.
Maybe F’ed Up Disinformation?
Well, it’s certainly not fud as I use the term occasionally–you know, like when I give my cat some cat fud every morning. Kitty will not eat statements made on background–she demands to know the source.
Ditto this exactly.
I saw the thread title and wondered if “Is this FUD?” meant “Can I eat this?”
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they’re only here to help.
“It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”
I think the OP melted.
I’ve seen multiple discussions using “FUD” without explaining what it is and your link is EXACTLY what I think of every damn time.
We call it dog fud in our house too. What I thought as well.
I’m guessing it’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt”.
from Wiki:
Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) is a tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics and propaganda.
FUD is generally a strategic attempt to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information. An individual firm, for example, might use FUD to invite unfavorable opinions and speculation about a competitor’s product; to increase the general estimation of switching costs among current customers; or to maintain leverage over a current business partner who could potentially become a rival.
The term originated to describe disinformation tactics in the computer hardware industry but has since been used more broadly. FUD is a manifestation of the appeal to fear.
This. That’s how I spell it on the shopping list.
Joe Blow, apparatchik, makes controversial statement.
If statement harms your position, Mr. Blow becomes a “disgruntled employee”
If statement helps your position, Mr. Blow becomes a “high-ranking official”
The important thing to know in situations such as this: What does Fox say?
That’s what I was thinking of. My grocery store has plenty of “FUD” products. I tried some, and they’re exactly what you’d expect something called “fud” to be.
You put fud on your shopping list? What else do you include, “non-fud items?”
ABC News has picked up the quote - but they are quoting WSJ, not an independent source.
ABC quoted the WH press secretary Jay Carney, who tweeted*
And for “stupid quote from the other side”, it nominates:
‘Ding ding ding, da-ding ga-ding da-ding’.
Yeah, right. Plus, the check is in the mail and I won’t come in your mouth. :rolleyes:
I don’t really follow news/politics much so maybe I am out of touch with articles these days (who knows why I clicked on this one) but geebus, that has to be one of the most blatantly biased pieces I’ve read.