Wag The Dog movie screenplay written, mainly, by David Mamet was inspired and loosely based on the book, American Hero (1993) by Larry Beinhart.
Beinhart's next novel, The Librarian (2004), plot (spoiler alert) revolved around a scheme to insure a presidential candidate's election by systematically (bribes, blackmail, threats) compromising enough electors to insure they would switch their vote against the will of the electorate (after the election and before the state certifications and presentation of the elector tallies to congress) so that the loser would win due to the vote flip in the electoral college of faithless electors.
So that's how they make fake news.
Wag The Dog movie screenplay written, mainly, by David Mamet was inspired and loosely based on the book, American Hero (1993) by Larry Beinhart.
Beinhart's next novel, The Librarian (2004), plot (spoiler alert) revolved around a scheme to insure a presidential candidate's election by systematically (bribes, blackmail, threats) compromising enough electors to insure they would switch their vote against the will of the electorate (after the election and before the state certifications and presentation of the elector tallies to congress) so that the loser would win due to the vote flip in the electoral college of faithless electors.
https://www.amazon.com/Librarian-Larry-Beinhart/dp/1560256362
Based on real story, a tribute to Kubrick