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Internet billionaire Reid Hoffman apologizes for funding a group tied to disinformation...
WP ^ | 12/26/18 | Tony Romm , Craig Timberg, Aaron C. Davis

Posted on 12/26/2018 6:41:35 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Internet billionaire Reid Hoffman apologized on Wednesday for funding a group linked to a “highly disturbing” effort that spread disinformation during last year’s Alabama special election for U.S. Senate, but said he was not aware that his money was being used for this purpose.

Hoffman’s statement is his first acknowledgement of his ties to a campaign that adopted tactics similar to those deployed by Russian operatives during the 2016 presidential election. In Alabama, the Hoffman-funded group allegedly used Facebook and Twitter to undermine support for Republican Roy Moore and boost Democrat Doug Jones, who narrowly won the race. Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and an early Facebook investor, also expressed support for a federal investigation into what happened, echoing Jones’s position from last week.

The Alabama effort was one of a series of multi-million-dollar expenditures that Hoffman made to dozens of left-leaning groups in the aftermath of the 2016 election, when he offered himself to reeling Democrats as a source of money, connections and Silicon Valley-style disruption to the staid world of party politics.

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Where are the REPUBLICANS DEMANDING an investigation?
1 posted on 12/26/2018 6:41:35 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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“but said he was not aware that his money was being used for this purpose.”

if anyone believes this lying scumtard, I have a bridge to sell ..


2 posted on 12/26/2018 6:43:18 PM PST by max americana (Happily Fired every stupid liberal at every election since 08' at work. I hope all liberals die.)
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His apology raises more questions than it answers. It has a chilling effect on the democratic process. Very troubling. A full investigation is required. No man is above the law. Women and children were targeted and most vulnerable. I condemn these smears in the strongest possible terms. Must speak truth to power. And so forth and so on.


3 posted on 12/26/2018 6:58:01 PM PST by jeffersondem
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How many times are you allowed to be wrong and act stupidly, and just apologize for it???


4 posted on 12/26/2018 6:58:26 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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Republicans..showing a pair, yeah not likely


5 posted on 12/26/2018 6:58:29 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like a stolen election. We need millions in investigation and removal of Jones. That’s how it works right?


6 posted on 12/26/2018 7:01:34 PM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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Haley “Boss Hog” Barbour and the GOPe didn’t want Roy Moore to win, so they were perfectly fine with the Democrat cheating to beat him. Jones definitely ought to be disqualified from running again.
Shame on Paul Ryan & Co. for allowing the destruction of the reputation of a good Christian man in favor of believing the lies of women who disappeared after Jones’s victory.


7 posted on 12/26/2018 7:01:49 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: yesthatjallen

He should check to see where the rest of his funding donations have gone.


8 posted on 12/26/2018 7:01:53 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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The problem is people (sheeple) who think fakebook contains ‘news’.


9 posted on 12/26/2018 7:01:56 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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If he has ever given to a leftwing group, he has been funding disinformation groups for a while.


10 posted on 12/26/2018 7:04:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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Wait, thats an illegal campaign donation.


11 posted on 12/26/2018 7:07:27 PM PST by poinq
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I believe there is an element of mockery in printing this stuff now. Why else would WaPo print articles confirming what we already knew, when these underhanded tactics already threw the election in favor of the socialist? They’re telling us that there is nothing we can do about it.

Unfortunately, as long as Conservatives allow themselves to be influenced through character smears and stop voting, the left will keep using these tactics.

I read somewhere that there were a lot of bots posting fake posts on a number of forums, and that 60% of those bots promoted the socialists. In addition, the claims of Russian meddling in the election are all about influencing Conservatives. Democrats don’t care about foreign influence; they’re doing everything they can to enable foreigners to destroy the country. When Democrats go on about Russian meddling, they’re banking on the fact that mentioning Russians will invoke paranoia in Conservatives, with the result that we will drop support for our candidates. It only takes 1-2% of conservatives to fall for these manipulations to turn an election.


12 posted on 12/26/2018 7:15:32 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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“...said he was not aware that his money was being used for this purpose. ...”

Yeah, and Bubba bentstick “did not have sex with that woman”.

Ah, progressives......


13 posted on 12/26/2018 7:19:35 PM PST by Da Coyote
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Chief Justice Moore should sue. This guy needs to go to prison and Doug Jones needs to resign ASAFP.


14 posted on 12/26/2018 7:19:43 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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My response was to cancel my LinkedIn account.


15 posted on 12/26/2018 7:23:22 PM PST by ptsal
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
IOW, he's not apologizing for doing it, or for believing the smears. Let's not be too hasty to absolve Sean Hannity for the blame he shares in Roy's defeat.

16 posted on 12/26/2018 7:29:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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An entire article that was written without the reporter consulting a single opposition view. It’s no different that basing an entire article on interviews of the criminal without ever consulting the victim.


17 posted on 12/26/2018 7:33:35 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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In 2016, Hoffman sold LinkedIn to Microsoft for $26 billion in cash.

Estimated Net Worth: $3.3 billion.

Where has all that money gone?

18 posted on 12/26/2018 7:54:40 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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Hoffman’s statement is his first acknowledgement of his ties to a campaign that adopted tactics similar to those deployed by Russian operatives during the 2016 presidential election.

Since it has been admitted that those tactics could be spoofed, is it possible that it was the RATS not the Russians during 2016 ?
19 posted on 12/26/2018 8:09:03 PM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: max americana

Don’t worry. The Democrats will be calling for a special prosecutor to go after this Democrat any second now.

Any second now....


20 posted on 12/26/2018 8:35:29 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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