‘The illusory truth effect (also known as the illusion of truth effect, validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) is the tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure.’ – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In plain English, if you repeat a lie often enough, most people will eventually accept it as the truth.
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