Why Clinton Lost: What Russia Did to Control the American Mind and Put Trump in the White House

Newsweek ^ | November 18, 2017 | Jessica Kwong

[2ndDivisionVet]

Fake news tweets and social media posts that flooded the internet leading up to the 2016 presidential election came from a Russian troll factory that works around the clock like any IT facility—except lies were pumping out to control the American mind and put Donald Trump in the White House.

The Internet Research Agency, which works on behalf of Russia inside a guarded, concrete building in St. Petersburg, has day and night shifts and hundreds of former journalists and bloggers creating thousands of posts with false and controversial information to reach certain quotas

It was "a merry-go-round of lies," Vitaly Bespalov, 26, who worked at the agency, told NBC News. "When you get on the carousel, you do not know who is behind you and neither you are aware of who is in front of you—but all of you are running around within the same circle.”

Early this month, Twitter testified before Congress and provided the Senate Intelligence Committee with more than 2,700 accounts tied to the agency, while Facebook identified more than 80,000 pieces of content linked to the agency. Meanwhile, Google found about $4,700 worth of search-and-display ads with dubious Russian ties....

[odawg]

“Facebook identified more than 80,000 pieces of content linked to the agency. Meanwhile, Google found about $4,700 worth of search-and-display ads with dubious Russian ties.”

88,000 pieces; $4,700 worth of...

No wonder Trump won with such an onslaught of ads. Just think, most of us never even knew we adored Hillary so much since we were buried in the avalanche of cunning ads.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

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[Verginius Rufus]

Ted Rall is pretty far left—he must be a Bernie supporter.

[4Liberty]

Oh ya, that’s right.

[ExGeeEye]

LOL, I voted for Trump because my Russian news source told me his opponent was a Democrat.

Oh wait, it was the Democrats told me that.

[ExGeeEye]

And they seemed so proud of it, too.