Scapegoating

Scapegoating is a propaganda technique that has been used throughout history as a means for people to move blame and responsibility away from themselves by attributing it to others (or to an object or event). A scapegoat is the person or group made to bear the blame for or punished for those errors committed by others.

Related words and phrases: whipping boy, witchhunt, killing the messenger

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Propaganda
 * propaganda techniques
 * distraction (reference to distraction by scapegoating)

External articles

 * See also Wikipedia reference on scapegoating