Big Lie Technique – Property Data Is Withheld
The promoters of the Poolbeg Incinerator appear to use the Big Lie Technique in public communications, either accidentally or otherwise.
Example: Promotors Report on Impact of Incinerator on
Institutional Withholding of Data.
Bord Pleanala, Oral Hearing, 2007:
- Requests for raw data used by the promoters were made.
- The data was not provided.
December 2008, Public Meeting in Sandymount:
Senior public employees appeared to state the property report used by the Incinerator Promotors was accurate and not misinformation and not misleading.
- Requests for raw data used by the promoters were made in person to the DCC South East Area Manager and her work-colleague. Promises to supply the requested data were apparently made.
- More than six weeks later these promises to provide the data have not been acted on by either of the two public officials who made the promises. It seems no follow up communication of any type was made to the address they requested.
This appears to support the view that there is an institutional policy of withholding pertinent and material information from the public.
This apparent institutional policy appears to be consistent with The Big Lie Technique.
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Dublin City Council, The Big Lie, Poolbeg Incinerator,
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