Military worried fake wolves exercise, pandemic propaganda efforts undercut public trust: documents

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The military had determined Canadian Forces propaganda specialists had forged a letter from the Nova Scotia government warning local residents that wolves were on the loose. But the letter, which was supposed to be used only for training, had somehow leaked out to the public, creating panic in the area.

Despite knowing almost immediately the Canadian Forces was at fault for the wolf letter debacle, some inside Ottawa headquarters suggested trying to label the incident as a creation of “Russian disinformation,” according to defence sources.

wise_pancake,

To be honest this doesn’t make me trust them less but the average Canadian citizen much much less.

The wolves thing could have been validated with an email before panicking…

kbal,
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If anything the "fake wolves" thing demonstrated that at least some of their efforts were at that time still laughably crude and counterproductive, not quite the all-powerful propaganda machine some of the more credulous contrarians imagine. Nonetheless it remains important to remember that they did try it.

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