This is getting dangerously close to an unfalsifiable hypothesis. If reporters hugely amplified narratives put forward by Russian trolls, let's see some actual *evidence* of that.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1075835506842202112 …
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There were many many examples like this. Troll accounts pushed narratives and succeded often enough, which then gave way to further organic spread because there's a feedback loop here.https://twitter.com/JodyShenn/status/1075837885541171200 …
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Point is, you can't get any of this by looking at percent of tweets/social media posts made directly by professional RU troll accounts—which is what I'm objecting to. Can't definitely establish counterfactual causality about past event, but can study how the ecology worked..
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Not to mention that here are over 100 examples of exactly what Nate is asking for, from the UK alone: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/10/russian-trolls-tweets-cited-in-more-than-100-uk-news-articles …
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A more nuanced analysis is the narrative overlap. They weren't just quoted, they pushed and amplified narratives which ended up shaping narratives. It's ardous work to trace it all, but that's what should be done. Obviously one factor among many, but it's definitely one.
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Or maybe... just maybe... us "Bernie Bros" are real people
? And heaven forbid we called out "journalists" who were clearly biased against Bernie. And it didn't help that the leaked emails showed Hillary's campaign & the DNC colluding with some of those "journalists".pic.twitter.com/ZilnWBJhZN
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