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Disinformation Quotes

On manufactured doubt and who benefits from it.

Corporate-funded disinformation on climate and health opens this set, followed by a starker claim that modern wars now begin as cyber wars built on hacking and coordinated falsehood.

Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded disinformation - not just with climate change but with a host of health, environmental and societal threats. The implications for the planet are grim.

Quotes by Michael E. Mann

We are at war, if you will, in the cyber domain now, constantly battling countries, such as Russia or China, who are trying to do everything from steal our technology to influence our elections to put out disinformation about the...

Quotes by Mark Esper

We live in a world where all wars will begin as cyber wars... It's the combination of hacking and massive, well-coordinated disinformation campaigns.

Quotes by Jared Cohen

The Iranian government still denies the Holocaust - so you can't take them seriously. And the Israeli government spreads rumours and disinformation about Iran - because it needs to for the creation of panic. I find these theological states -...

Quotes by Daniel Barenboim

Disingenuous Quotes

Anything that's secret, clandestine, loaded with such a supercargo of speculation, misinformation, disinformation and, for that matter, accurate revelations, creates an appetite.

Quotes by Charles McCarry

The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism.

Quotes by Carl Bernstein

I have said that propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation have always been part of political warfare. Social media and other new platforms have given it a new life and reach through which the fake news phenomenon can reach everywhere.

Quotes by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

There's no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity, the news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, 'Lies...

Quotes by Al Franken

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

Frequently Asked Questions

What topics do these disinformation quotes cover?
The quotes address corporate-funded doubt about climate change and health, coordinated hacking and false narratives in modern cyber warfare, and oil companies spreading misleading claims about nuclear power to protect profits. Together they treat disinformation as a tool used across industries and conflicts. The collection presents these as documented patterns rather than isolated incidents.
Is there a quote about corporate-funded disinformation?
Yes, one quote describes public discourse as polluted for decades by corporate-funded disinformation, extending beyond climate change into health and environmental threats. It's one of the collection's more sweeping, critical entries. The idea connects naturally to broader falsehood quotes about manufactured doubt.
Does the collection address disinformation in cyber warfare?
Yes, one quote argues that modern wars increasingly begin as cyber wars, combining hacking with massive, coordinated disinformation campaigns. Another notes ongoing conflict with countries like Russia and China over technology theft and election influence. Both entries ground the page in contemporary security concerns.
Is there a quote about disinformation and nuclear power?
Yes, one quote accuses oil companies of spreading disinformation about nuclear power because they see it as a threat to their own profits. It's a more industry-specific example compared to the broader political entries elsewhere. This shows how disinformation can serve narrow economic interests as much as ideological ones.
Why pair climate, cyber warfare, and energy in one collection?
Grouping these examples together shows disinformation as a consistent tactic used across very different fields, from public health to national security to energy policy. It reinforces that the underlying pattern, spreading doubt to protect an interest, repeats regardless of subject. Readers exploring lies quotes may find this collection a useful, broader companion.

Even energy policy isn't spared, with one quote accusing oil companies of spreading disinformation about nuclear power to protect profits; see also lies quotes.