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By Steve M. at Crooks and Liars
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/03/nra-tv-bears-striking-resemblance-russias
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NRA TV is not merely a platform for promoting Second Amendment rights or engaging gun enthusiasts. As a researcher of online extremism, Id contend it has has become one of the webs most incendiary hotspots for stoking outrage at liberal America....
My study of 224 NRA TV videos and tweets over two months in 2017 found that only 34 dealt with topics related to direct gun advocacy or gun ownership. The remaining 190, or about five out of every six posts, were trained on perceived political enemies, trading the core mission of gun rights for incessant attacks on crazed liberals and hateful leftists.
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The dystopian picture that NRA TV portrays includes government officials encouraging violent protests against conservative groups, and a media-sponsored war on cops.
Does this remind you of anything? Obviously it's similar to Fox News and the rest of the conservative media -- it's also reminiscent of some of the advertising Russia posted on social media during the 2016 campaign.
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Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Gaaaad.
RainCaster
(10,874 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Thanks for posting this, Applegrove. NRATV is evil-awful.
Here's a link to the article first posted on "The Conversation," author Adam G. Klein, Pace University.
https://theconversation.com/the-nras-video-channel-is-a-hotbed-of-online-hostility-92477