Fascinating/unsettling seeing pro-Trump media, Russian bots, a few Congressional Republicans, and Trump's online fans turn a memo by a disgraced recused-then-unrecused Congressman into proof of a grand conspiracy. Not coordination. Each acts independently. Overlapping interests.
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Less motivated reports doubt the memo's credibility:https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/954363342562480129 …
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The GOP Congressmen, pro-Trump media, Russian bots, and Trump's online fans didn't coordinate. It's not a conspiracy. They're all just doing it. Each individually motivated, building an echo chamber convincing each other they're right. As I said, fascinating and unsettling. (END)
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Re: comments/questions: -"What are you afraid of? Why not release the memo?" Nothing. Fine by me. A Congressman's memo doesn't prove/disprove anything. It's his take, not a primary source. And that's true of a Congressman with credibility--Nunes' squandered his a while ago.
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I have little doubt people convinced the memo proves a grand FBI/"deep state"/Clinton/Fusion GPS/Democrats/whoever anti-Trump conspiracy will continue believing that if it's released, no matter what it says. Much as they believed in that conspiracy before hearing of Nunes' memo
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-"It's not 'the Russians.' Many regular Americans made
#ReleaseTheMemo trend." In part, yes. That's why I listed 4 groups who, without coordinating, spread the narrative. Bots and human influencers did some tweeting/retweeting, but thousands of people with few followers did too.Show this thread
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Of course they did to protect their social shiny white hindies.
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