Posted on 09/20/2017 8:33:02 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda
Drudge Report has linked nearly 400 times to RT, Sputnik News, TASS since 2012 Blog 11 hours 57 min ago MATT GERTZ
On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 passengers and crew. The next day, President Barack Obama alleged that the responsible parties were Russian-backed separatists seizing territory in the region following Russias annexation of Crimea. Obamas statement came amid a furious effort by Russian propaganda outlets to foster confusion about the act. In their telling, the tragedy had actually been a failed attempt by Ukrainians to shoot down President Vladimir Putins plane.
The Russian propaganda effort received a substantial boost when right-wing internet journalist Matt Drudge highlighted a story on the topic from RT.com, the website of the Russian government-backed English-language news channel RT. Drudge titled the resulting item on the Drudge Report, his highly trafficked link aggregation website, RT: Putins plane might have been target... in bright red text.
After Drudge propelled the RT story to his massive audience, it was picked up by right-wing U.S. conspiracy websites. (Others on the right warned that Drudge had gone too far by aiding a Russian disinformation campaign.)
(Excerpt) Read more at mediamatters.org ...
Ridiculous.
that evil Drudge, OMG I knew it
They’ve been planning a take down of Drudge and the like since 2015. The word he had then was that they’d be coming for him and similar outlets toward the right after the election.
And clearly Drudge has pulled back on his posting this year.
Ha ha—check out Drudge now: he has a link to the Media Matters story—and then three Russian news outlets linked directly below it:
Hate to burst you bubble, but she loves Hillary.
Ditto!
He also links to WaPo, NYT....
Media Matters, normally a friendly website/publication invents a conspiracy.
Or, was given one by the deep state.
According to them, publication of news from Russia is becoming a platform for Russian propaganda. Because everyone knows Americans have no discernment...nor any right to hear an alternate source or point of view.
Disgraceful. MM would not exist were it not for Drudge.
BTW, Dan Abrams looks like absolute crap.
I know he had cancer, but DAMN.
See a pattern here?
Dang. I wish you hadn’t told me that.
You got real poor taste.
Heresy, sir !
If you only saw my wife....if only....
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