All Warfare Is Based on Deception—Troops, Vets Targeted by Disinformation Can Fight Back
While the military is targeted by disinformation campaigns, its experience also positions service members to lead the way to fight back against them.
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DonateSonner Kehrt is an investigative reporter at The War Horse, where she covers the military and climate change, misinformation, and gender. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, WIRED magazine, Inside Climate News, The Verge, and other publications. She studied government at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and served for five years as Coast Guard officer before earning a masters in democracy and governance studies from Georgetown University and a masters of journalism from UC Berkeley. She has also worked as a lecturer at UC Berkeley, teaching classes in writing, reporting, and ethics. In her free time, she is trying to learn to windsurf. She can be reached at sonner.kehrt@thewarhorse.org and occasionally on Twitter @etskehrt.
While the military is targeted by disinformation campaigns, its experience also positions service members to lead the way to fight back against them.
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