#DisinfoReview: When the emperor has no clothes

Remember the story by Hans Christian Andersen of the emperor with no clothes? He is tricked into paying large sums of money for clothes supposedly woven of the finest fabrics, which can only be seen by the most intelligent people. But in reality he is wearing nothing - a fact which no one dares acknowledge until it is finally pointed out by a little boy as he parades the streets.

The same goes for disinformation. If you don't dare point out that it is disinformation, people keep pretending. And as we could read earlier this week, disinformation outlets do not even themselves try to keep up appearances; on the contrary, they are quite open about the nature of their activities.