I don't doubt RU bots had an effect, but to suggest that $100K in FB advertising defeated a $1B campaign seems off.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Also, odd that so many ex-IC ppl have have marveled at the ad targeting – as if it couldn't be done well at all w/o a campaign connection.pic.twitter.com/mtgzdfc9sE
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Replying to @KDbyProxy
True. But HILLARY was having a hard time doing ad targeting that effectively.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Fair. And seems unlikely we'll ever know if these Russian-placed ads were "highly effective". Narrowly targeted? Sure. Effective? ¯\_(?)_/¯
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Replying to @KDbyProxy
The data thus far says that old media still performs far better. Want to attack fake news? Attack Bret Baier's indictment "scoop."
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Want collusion? Look to collusion between Mercer's Breitbart and Mercer's Cambridge Analytica.
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& Mercer's Govt Accountability Institute spent $9m on what exactly?
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That's what I'd like to know. $9M > $100K.
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