Perception Management ( or PM )Nat Geo and the other peddlers of FUD seem to be using Pm firms to try to create their own false narrative to get the distorted story out there.Paid shills and failed academics for hire to say whatever they want . Right from the russian handbook of obfuscation -- say it often enough and it becomes the truth. But behind the NG attacks there are probably companies (shorts ? ) hiring PM firms that pull the strings through their hired hacks - the PM's make the snowballs and have the misguided lob them
JMHO
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