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  2. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt - Wikipedia

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    Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is a manipulative propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling, and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information , and is a manifestation of the appeal to fear .

  3. Appeal to fear - Wikipedia

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    Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) is the appeal to fear in sales or marketing; in which a company disseminates negative (and vague) information on a competitor's product.. The term originated to describe misinformation tactics in the computer hardware industry and has since been used more broa

  4. Fearmongering - Wikipedia

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    A remarkable tactic is the so-called strategy of tension, which is based on making violence and chaos in order to create political instability, to defame an opponent, to pave the way for a more authoritarianism or fascist government, or to prevent the decolonization of colonies.

  5. Why not let AIG fail? Can 'systemic risk' be a scare tactic?

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  6. Scare tactics (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Scare tactics may refer to: Scare tactics, or fear mongering, the tactical use of fear, fright, or terror; Scare Tactics, a 2003–2013 American hidden-camera pranks television series; Scare Tactics, a 1996–1998 DC Comics mini-series.

  7. IRS scammers using scare tactics to target victims for money ...

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    Con artists are duping people out of money by posing as the IRS and using scare tactics, causing folks to fork up money. The. ... the Better Business Bureau" authordesc="" isquoteoftheday="false"%

  8. Alabama senator says Democrats ‘use’ IVF as ‘scare tactic’

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    Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said that Democrats “use” in vitro fertilization (IVF) accessibility concerns “as a scare tactic” in an interview Sunday. “Senator Ted Cruz and I led a letter ...

  9. Blockbusting - Wikipedia

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    Blockbusting was a business practice in the United States in which real estate agents and building developers convinced residents in a particular area to sell their property at below-market prices. This was achieved by fearmongering the homeowners, telling them that racial minorities would soon be moving into their neighborhoods.