Where are your papers posts.
Posted on 03/20/2017 4:01:09 PM PDT by b4its2late
WASHINGTON Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional — that favored Donald Trump’s presidential bid, two people familiar with the inquiry say.
Operatives for Russia appear to have strategically timed the computer commands, known as “bots,” to blitz social media with links to the pro-Trump stories at times when the billionaire businessman was on the defensive in his race against Democrat Hillary Clinton, these sources said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is accused by the FBI of ordering a campaign intended to influence the U.S. election. Russian President Vladimir Putin is accused by the FBI of ordering a campaign intended to influence the U.S. election. Mikhail Klimentyev AP The bots’ end products were largely millions of Twitter and Facebook posts carrying links to stories on conservative internet sites such as Breitbart News and InfoWars, as well as on the Kremlin-backed RT News and Sputnik News, the sources said. Some of the stories were false or mixed fact and fiction, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the bot attacks are part of an FBI-led investigation into a multifaceted Russian operation to influence last year’s elections.
Investigators examining the bot attacks are exploring whether the far-right news operations took any actions to assist Russia’s operatives. Their participation, however, wasn’t necessary for the bots to amplify their news through Twitter and Facebook.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article139695453.html#storylink=cpy
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And I thought some of us wore tinfoil hats. I was on those threads on Twitter, there’d be a wikileaks release and the corruption would speak for itself.
And the focus is entirely on one side of the spectrum. I wonder how many members of the GOPe are fully in favor of this and hope to bring down Trump and permanently destroy the conservative movement? The uniparty got a nasty surprise in November and don’t intend to give up. They are in a duel to the death and intend to reverse the effects of the election if they can.
This is true government censorship.
The American Oligarchy has almost passed the point of no return.
Where are your papers posts.
Yeah, I was wondering what was going on. Comey called me yesterday asking if there’s anything to the truth that Russians are influencing my FR posts and I had to put him on hold because Vlad was on the other line with a fresh set of knock-knock jokes. They’re a lot better in Russian.
Okay..so what should I say to the Nazi Commie Libs who want to find out if I am a Commie.
First, give me a minute while I try to stop laughing.
Second, shouldn’t you be asking people like Maxine Waters, Van Jones, etc.
Third, Never met a Russian, never communicated to a Russian, never been to Russia, will probably never go to Russia..but damn..I thought at least in the US I wouldn’t get Putinized over free thought. Are you going to put us in jail like those girls from Pussy Riot?
Will there be concentration camps for conservatives a la Nazi Germany?
Free Republic.com will probably be one of the sites looked at.
So FedGov didn't have anything more pressing to worry about than Michael Savage or Donald Trump? Good thing there wasn't a war on terror going on back in '04.
Honestly, how in the F can this be countenanced? What the hell good did all this effort do? What was it even EXPECTED to do? Ensure the right elected officials and bureaucrats kept the gravy spigot open? Are we now supposed to shut up and eat our peas ONCE again because the wizards of smart and their spooks can't manage to find Islamic terrorist ass with the full weight of the surveillance state, but they can eavesdrop on any citizen they don't agree with or particularly like? Unreal.
Mr. niteowl77
This is ABSOLUTE DESPERATION from the Globalists.
They continue their WITCH HUNT and IGNORE the CRIMES OF HILLARY.
Remeber it was Hillary that was f
1) Funded by Saudi Arabia and the Commmunist Chinese.
2) Lied to the FBI
3) Destroyed her Cell Phones
4) . Had multiple remote Servers with Top Secret and above in it.
Everything the Globalists are projecting on to President Trump is what they are.
Yeah, we don’t make the news here, and a lot of the time we’re just saying “piss on it”.
For sure. No bots needed.
Gee, don’t investigate the newspapers and their reporters who regularly sent their articles to the Clinton campaign to get approval to publish them. Like that’s not interfering with an election is it?
WaPo
NYT
McClatchy
Reuters
ABC
NBC
CBS
PBS
And on
And on
And on
So FINALLY there is an alternative media, and the whole Industrial/Government/Press complex goes wild!
You mean there's another?
That's damning with faint praise. Sneaky way to get yourself off the black bag list. ;>
PING!!!
Investigators examining the bot attacks are exploring whether the far-right news operations took any actions to assist Russia’s operatives.
Article and comments, esp #24, #28, #31, #34
- This is true government censorship.
- The American Oligarchy has almost passed the point of no return.
- Free Republic.com will probably be one of the sites looked at.
- This is ABSOLUTE DESPERATION from the Globalists.
They continue their WITCH HUNT and IGNORE the CRIMES OF HILLARY.
- Gee, don’t investigate the newspapers and their reporters who regularly sent their articles to the Clinton campaign to get approval to publish them. Like that’s not interfering with an election is it?
Since Clinton days at the very least. Never forget the FBI’s obsequious submission to the Clintons in Filegate.
Never forget that.
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