Editing Holocaust denial (section)

===Propaganda===
According to James Najarian,{{who|date=December 2021}} Holocaust deniers working for the [[Institute for Historical Review]] are not trained in history and "put out sham scholarly articles in the mock-academic publication, the ''[[Journal of Historical Review]]''".{{sfn|Najarian|1997|p=74}} They appeal to "our objectivity, our sense of fair play, and our distrust of figurative language".{{sfn|Najarian|1997|p=76}} Thus, they rely on facts to grab the readers' attention. These facts, however, are strung by what Najarian calls "fabricated decorum" and are re-interpreted for their use. For example, they pay particular attention to inconsistencies in numbers.{{sfn|Najarian|1997|p=80}}{{clarify|date=December 2015|reason=Which "inconsistencies in numbers" are being referred to here?}}

Holocaust denial propaganda in all forms has been shown to influence the audiences that it reaches. In fact, even the well-educated—that is, college graduates and current university students alike—are susceptible to such propaganda when it is presented before them. This stems from the growing disbelief that audiences feel after being exposed to such information, especially since Holocaust witnesses themselves are decreasing in number.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lasson|first=Kenneth|year=2007|title=Defending Truth: Legal and Psychological Aspects of Holocaust Denial|journal=Current Psychology|volume=26|issue=3–4|page=256|url=http://www.schaler.net/Lasson.pdf|access-date=February 7, 2011|doi=10.1007/s12144-007-9013-7|s2cid=143382566|archive-date=November 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105193336/http://www.schaler.net/Lasson.pdf|url-status=live| issn=0737-8262 }}</ref> Studies centered on the psychological effects of Holocaust denial propaganda confirm this assertion. Linda M. Yelland and William F. Stone, in particular, show that Denial essays decrease readers' belief in the Holocaust, regardless of their prior Holocaust awareness.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Yelland|first1=Linda M.|last2=Stone|first2=William F.|year=1996|title=Belief in the Holocaust: Effects of Personality and Propaganda|journal=Political Psychology|volume=17|issue=3|page=559|jstor=3791968|doi=10.2307/3791968}}</ref>