Claim came from Larry Johnson and at least one other US source. According to both Johnson and Napolitano (and my info)
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Replying to @emptywheel
you dont think its strange that some of the most outlandish theories often get play on sputnik, RT and US right wing media?
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Replying to @lionel_trolling
"and" is a different logical relationship than "because of." Same idiotic mistake Watts makes abt coverage of Occupy.
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Replying to @emptywheel
its possible that it can be propaganda and have some relationship to reality. Soviet propaganda often attacked legit problems
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Replying to @lionel_trolling
Again that's a different issue than what you're aspiring to prove.
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Replying to @emptywheel
just to be clear you are not convinced that russian propaganda plays on far right themes in US and Europe?
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Replying to @lionel_trolling
That's not what this convo is about. It's abt a tie between the two.
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Replying to @emptywheel
im not aspiring to prove a specific instance. my aspiration is to take the russian cultivation of the far right seriously.
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Replying to @lionel_trolling
And I'm saying there is no reason to believe far right needs RU to adopt its methods or policies. They're well established
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Replying to @emptywheel
Yeah I get there is an endogenous trend, but theres also this cultivation, which has benefits for both actors, no?
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Going back to watching hearing.
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