[Ads-l] fud

[Dennis During]

I had heard of FUD as the reason why IT guys (in the days of Big  Iron)
bought IBM products. "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 8:43 AM Jonathan Lighter <
00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Chip Massey, former FBI hostage negotiator, on CNN this morning:
>
> "We call this 'fud' - 'fear, uncertainty, and doubt.'"  (As experienced by
> crime victims and families."
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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Dennis C. During

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