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Archae

(46,317 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:37 AM Apr 2019

Media Matters is being swamped from Russia...

Media Matters is showing how "Fox and Friends" is bringing in just about any and every discredited Trump-bot they can find, and in the comments, the trolls are out in swarms.

They're earning their rubles this morning.

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bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
2. And they'll double that staff in 2020. Anyone who thinks that
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:41 AM
Apr 2019

it won't be even tougher to counter these bastids in the next election cycle is incredibly naive.

mn9driver

(4,423 posts)
3. Comment sections of most news sites are flooded with trolls this morning.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:41 AM
Apr 2019

Putin is working hard to control the message.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. Yeah, the message is on msnbc too
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:46 AM
Apr 2019

that Dems have to be careful about overreaching. Will fit right into the narrative when Barr launches his investigations into the FBI and Democrats who carried out a witch hunt against Trump.

Shh! Please no impeachment talk, let's win it at the manipulated ballot box.

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
6. +1
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 09:51 AM
Apr 2019

NPR has repuke operatives on last night and this morning talking the “Americans just want to move on from this” crap.

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renate

(13,776 posts)
10. I don't understand why people respond to trolls
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 10:46 AM
Apr 2019

... on real-news and liberal websites.

I just don’t get it. Everybody knows what they’re doing but so many people still engage with them. It’s like yelling at clouds... it’s just stupid.

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