HOW TO SPREAD A RUMOR 1. Tell The Story Casually, And Don't Give Yourself Away By Being Overanxious To Launch Your Rumor.

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HOW TO SPREAD A RUMOR

1. Tell the story casually, and don't give yourself away by being
overanxious to launch your rumor.

2. If the lowdown is especially hot, tell it confidentially.

3. Never speak your rumor more than once in the same place. If it is good,
others will repeat it.

4. Tell it innocently, and don't disclose any source that can readily be
discredited.
-- British Morale Operations Section
(to Burmese agents during World War II)

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