Russian Ads Focused Mainly on Race

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2018/05/12/russian-ads-focused-mainly-on-race/

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USA Today: “The Russian company charged with orchestrating a wide-ranging effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election overwhelmingly focused its barrage of social media advertising on what is arguably America’s rawest political division: race.”

“While some ads focused on topics as banal as business promotion or Pokémon, the company consistently promoted ads designed to inflame race-related tensions. Some dealt with race directly; others dealt with issues fraught with racial and religious baggage such as ads focused on protests over policing, the debate over a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and relationships with the Muslim community.”

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[Nitram]

1. The Russians are smart. Race is the most divisive issue in American politics and society.

And it engages people on an entirely emotional level, leaving them vulnerable to manipulation.

[jberryhill]

2. Don't be a sucker

[misanthrope]

3. True, although to be honest you would have to be

in a coma not to see America's historic racial issues and difficulties. It's basically the nation's foundation.