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UN Rights Chief Likens Wilders, Trump Tactics to IS Propaganda

The U.N.'s human rights chief says populist politicians like Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump are using fear and the promise of a world that has never existed in order to try to gain appeal. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Monday in The Hague that their reliance on "half-truths and oversimplification" is a communication tactic Islamic State uses in its propaganda. "The formula is simple: make people, already nervous, feel...

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