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Russian bots pushed Mollie Tibbetts death amid Manafort and Cohen news
Daily Dot ^ | 24 Aug 18 | Andrew Wyrich

Posted on 08/24/2018 2:22:01 PM PDT by Drew68

Russian bots pushed out tweets about the death of Mollie Tibbets, the University of Iowa student who was missing for several weeks, just after the news broke regarding the verdict of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and the guilty plea of the president’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, according to a new report.

The Independent reports that bots believed to be linked with Russia began posting about Tibbets’ death just minutes after Manafort was found guilty on eight counts of fraud on Tuesday.

The tweets were analyzed by the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a group that is known for tracking Russian-linked accounts, and found that “thousands” of tweets were being sent on Tuesday as the news of Manafort and Cohen—whose plea may have implicated President Donald Trump—became widespread.

The #MollieTibbetts hashtag was shared the most among Russia-linked accounts on Tuesday, according to the Independent.

Tibbets’ death became a lightning rod earlier this week after it was discovered that her suspected murderer, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, is believed to be an undocumented immigrant. His attorney has disputed those claims

The widespread push of the Tibbets story as the news of Cohen and Manafort came out may not be an accident, the Independent reports.

“But I do think there is also some sort of distraction element as well,” Bret Schafer, a social media analyst for the Alliance for Securing Democracy, told the news outlet. “They’re discussing Mollie Tibbetts instead of Paul Manafort, and they’re shining a light on her death in a way we rarely see.”

You can read all of the Independent‘s report here.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: iowa; jamescomey; lisapage; michaelavenetti; michaelcohen; mistrial; mollietibbets; mollietibbetts; pardonformanafort; paulmanafort; peterstrzok; robertmueller; stephanieclifford; stormydaniels; witchhunt
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To: Steve_Seattle

It didn’t even have to rise to that. Look at the childish reactions they had over Charlottesville when their side attacked a young kid and he hit the panic button.

And he didn’t even mean to kill a woman playing hooky from work who had zero business being there


21 posted on 08/24/2018 2:55:39 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: Drew68

there’s a Red under my bed


22 posted on 08/24/2018 2:56:43 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Hate is the new Love... ~ hug a snowflake)
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To: Bratch

LMAO.


23 posted on 08/24/2018 3:01:16 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Drew68

It was Russian bots who told that Mexican to turn himself in and show the police the body of his victim on the same day the Manafort and Cohen news was breaking.


24 posted on 08/24/2018 3:03:36 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: All
Bagster <--------- Russian bot.

настройка

Bagster


25 posted on 08/24/2018 3:19:08 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: DanielRedfoot
there’s a Red under my bed

Do not be alarmed, citizen.

It's just your foot.

Bagster


26 posted on 08/24/2018 3:20:29 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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To: Drew68

Show the evidence.

Russia would be anti-Trump and anti-Republican.

The Democrats were their traditional friends.


27 posted on 08/24/2018 3:30:03 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: Drew68

Alliance for Securing Democracy is run by former CIA spooks.


28 posted on 08/24/2018 3:46:03 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: Drew68
Being somewhat familiar with “The Independent” I can assure Freepers that it isn't.
29 posted on 08/24/2018 3:59:14 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: All

Russian Bots made ate all my ice cream!!!

Damn those Russian bots!

(This is beyond ridiculous)


30 posted on 08/24/2018 4:25:11 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Drew68

Wouldn’t know.

I don’t follow twitter or tweets.


31 posted on 08/24/2018 4:33:31 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: Drew68

Who’s got the dog meme?


32 posted on 08/24/2018 4:36:39 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: butlerweave

Russian bots are Everywhere.
***********
Are they stating anything that’s untrue? I’d rather decide that for myself rather than delegate it to Microsoft or Google.


33 posted on 08/24/2018 5:18:37 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Drew68

Anything pro-Trump or anti-left is now called “Russian propaganda” and blocked. The left has found their mechanism for performing full censorship.


34 posted on 08/24/2018 5:21:17 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Drew68

It goes much deeper than this. It’s my belief the Russians pushed Americans to buy the Ford Pinto and Chevy Vega in the 1970”s.


35 posted on 08/24/2018 5:22:46 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: Yaelle

Yes...but you should really relish the experience of reading about her death in the original Klingon!


36 posted on 08/24/2018 5:27:02 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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To: A_Former_Democrat

He didn’t even injure her, some reports say he didn’t hit her...she died of a heart attack as I’ve read of the reports. That’s why we’ve heard so little of the case way over a year out...he’ll probably get time served.


37 posted on 08/24/2018 5:30:10 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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