Posted on 03/19/2023 5:54:02 AM PDT by McGruff
Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter, using Elon Musk’s new verification system to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility.
The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill. The accounts spread fearmongering posts that preyed on legitimate concerns about pollution and health effects and compared the response to the derailment with America’s support for Ukraine following its invasion by Russia.
Some of the claims pushed by the pro-Russian accounts were verifiably false, such as the suggestion that the news media had covered up the disaster or that environmental scientists traveling to the site had been killed in a plane crash. But most were more speculative, seemingly designed to stoke fear or distrust. Examples include unverified maps showing widespread pollution, posts predicting an increase in fatal cancers and others about unconfirmed mass animal die-offs.
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What a total Biden pantload.
I hear one of the pro-Russian accounts was called “McGruff”.
This is the Associated Press!! The pot calling the kettle black!!!!
Say what..?
What a pile of bullpoop. Russia Russia Russia.
Funny how Moscow has more power than big bad Joe and his nemesis Corn Pop.
Associated Press = Agit-Prop.
AP covering for the Dems again. Muh Russia! Muh Russia!
Isn't that what the AP does when writing about conservatives?
Putin is EVERYWHERE!!!! (in their demented minds, that is)
“Isn’t that what the AP does when writing about conservatives?”
Of course. In this case conservatives wanted this accident to be taken seriously, so AP is now trying to tie them to their favorite punching bag, Putin.
LOL. Is it finally USSR? The rumors of disasters were coming from enemy voices as well.
…and David Klepper knows this, how?
LOL, they are Russians.
They can’t fight effectively in modern warfare, but they still have their propaganda.
“pro-Russian accounts” === United States of America PSYOPS office
That really doesn’t surprise me, remember that these guys organized a protest around racial grievance in Texas while also organizing the counter-protest.
/s
getting established framework in place for targeting wrongthink, for the day not too far off when there are legal tools available to use against wrongthinkers.
my personal take is that the contamination is of such gravity and scale (with or without the fast burn decision) that the system has no choice but to pretend there is no contamination of consequence.
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