Report on how FireMcMaster spread, w/its faults (I'll come back to) shows hashtag came from far right, NOT RU. https://medium.com/@DFRLab/firemcmaster-explained-9e9018e507c2 …
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Replying to @emptywheel
Is it possible that Vlad Putin is telling deranged right wingers to espouse racist conspiracies they've espoused for years? Sure. Or...
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Replying to @emptywheel
In any case, many many many people used The Gizmo to claim that Russia spread that hashtag. This report points to Breitbart, not RU.
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Replying to @emptywheel
I am acutely interested in rel between Russia, Breitbart, Alex Jones, et al. But AFAWK Breitbart's $$ comes from US. American assholes
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Replying to @emptywheel
Mercer sympathizes with Bannon an his ilk over neocons. So it makes sense w/o any Russia angle
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Replying to @Tangueray41
Bingo. And Mercer is spending more $$ on poisoning US public opinion than RU, as far as we know.
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