Posted on 05/20/2017 8:09:02 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Following yesterday's exploration of the #BrockGate documents and our look at Media Matters' "Trump War Room", new findings indicate that Media Matters has access to the raw data of numerous social media platforms, plus the power to influence their understanding on what is and isn't "fake news."
The following is an excerpt from page 10 of the #BrockGate document:
"Media Matters has already secured access to raw data from Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. We have also put in place the technology necessary to automatically mine white nationalist message boards and alt-right communities for our archive.
We will now develop technologies and processes to systematically monitor and analyze this unfiltered data."
Media Matters goes on to describe how they found a way to manipulate these social media platforms into thinking that they need their help. In fact, the following excerpt from the #BrockGate document speaks to this concern with precision:
“Out lets that push fake news are completely dependent on Facebook to spread their lies, and ad networks like Google to fund them.
Media Matters has unique insight to help fix the problems in this part of the media landscape.
After Facebook responded to our campaign by acknowledging the problem of fake news and agreeing to do something about it, we began a dialogue. It became clear form these conversations that Facebook needed our help in fully understanding the problem and identifying concrete solutions. Further, it also became clear that we had information and insight that they didn’t have that was helpful in educating them on the full scope of the problem. For example, Media Matters had a detailed map of the constellation of right-wing Facebook pages that had been the biggest purveyors of fake news – as well as insight into the food chain of fake news and how it was moving through the Facebook ecosystem.
Similarly, after Google revised their terms of service in order to prohibit so-called fake news sites from using their advertising network, it was Media Matters that had the information necessary to identify 40 of the worst fake news sites to which this policy applied.”
The following is a brief of summary of the findings in the document:
In the document, the group claims that they will push the Russia narrative forward, they assert that they will steal the best talent from the other left-wing outlets and consolidate them into Shareblue (they will convince "top editorial and writing talent [to] leave competitors to join Shareblue"), they propose a paid "Twitter-like" social network for the "opposition" to collude, they discuss their "Antidote to Breitbart" and their goal of controlling platforms like Google and Facebook, and they also mention a "Trump War Room" and their goal of keeping President Trump "unpopular" and how they are actively trying to portray President Trump as a "weak, think-skinned [sic] 'loser' vulnerable to goading". In all, this is a comprehensive three-year game plan that the left hopes to implement to great effect in their effort to win votes in 2018 and take the White House in 2020.
For more information on the "Trump War Room":
AND THEIR ANALYSIS TOOLKITS ARE CRUSTY WITH RUSY DOG CRAP OR ELSE HILLARY WOULD BE POTUS.
Ya know ;)
Media Matters is not going to be able to control Facebook or even have a great deal of influence. Facebook is the largest and most powerful media company on the planet and will only act in ways the benefit the the revenue and market cap of Facebook.
I have long preached about the TOTAL LACK OF PRIVACY of ANY information put on to the Internet. I have had people tell me that I was nuts and that the Net is the most private way to exchange and store information. Who is nuts???
The younger generations, the latest couple of which have been made as ignorant as possible by their “education” environments, the MSM, and other fools they associate with...are oblivious to the danger of putting sensitive and private information on the Net...in ANY form.
The enemies of America thrive on hacking our digital highways and storage barns.
Ignorance is our greatest commodity.
Cry, cry if it makes you feel better, set it all down in a tear-stained letter.
There is not a lack of privacy on the internet.
There is no privacy on the internet.
It’s all out there, everything.
I have no doubt they will harass people at their place of employment. And we just got finished adding a bunch of information to their reading of raw Facebook data, with the server being down.
I don’t like these ads any more. I used to not mind the freepathon ads asking for donations. But now, without any guarantee that the site will be available, how can the ads be the same, claiming that our donations would keep the site running? They didn’t. Before the next ad, there should be some sticky notice guaranteeing some tech changes that ensure the site will be running. Many sites run well on less than $350k a year. I’m sure FR could be one of them too. I’m happy for every amount JR and family can make from FR. But an ad for underwear or garden furniture would be less offensive than the same ad promising that my donation will keep FR running well. Change the ads please.
Check out Twitter feeds and you will notice political statements inserted in any celeb account. It is not the celebs that did it but Twitter or Media Matters themselves.
Only ‘celeb’ feed I follow is James Woods. I haven’t seen any MM-type statements on his ;-)
I've become amazed at the number of people who would give up their privacy for convenience.
bump for later
Give Cernovich a follow!
Check out Twitter feeds and you will notice political statements inserted in any celeb account. It is not the celebs that did it but Twitter or Media Matters themselves.
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You mean just tweets addressed to celebs or posting tweets that appear as posts from given celebs?
Is it just me or does he look like Darth Vader unmasked...just frighteningly sinister with those creepy bags under his eyes!!!
FR on FB while FR was down.
Check out # 8 .
I heard a preacher that asked why people would put something on Facebook that they wouldn’t want to see put on a billboard on a main drag.
It kind of lends perspective to what a public presence means. No, privacy is not always the way to go. But leaving it behind should be a matter of choice.
This affair has been largely volunteer.
That said, surely there are some high tech rednecks who might be able to re-architect the system.
I’d hope at the least that there would be some way to snapshot the system while it is running correctly still. Then if something hiccups, go back to the last sane snapshot. Some material would be lost, but it would be better than having FR collapsed for days on end.
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