Breitbart, other 'alt-right' websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort

[saidsimplesimon]

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Source: USA Today

Amid an investigation into Russian meddling in the last U.S. presidential election, a Russian propaganda Twitter network aimed at American audiences consistently spreads links to Breitbart and other right-wing or conspiracy theory websites that boost President Trump and bash Democrats. 

The websites — which include True Pundit, the Gateway Pundit and Imperialist U — are regular features on the list of “Top Domains” pushed by a network of 600 Twitter accounts followed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, which tracks a Russian disinformation and propaganda campaign focused on U.S. voters.

On Thursday, the most popular domains mentioned by the network in the previous 48 hours, according to the tracker, included True Pundit, the Russian government-controlled television network RT, the Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Russian government news agency Sputnik News and Breitbart.

The network’s main role is to amplify messages deemed to benefit the Kremlin, but that doesn’t mean the websites' authors share the same goals, said Laura Rosenberger, director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which created the monitoring project for the fund.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/24/breitbart-other-alt-right-websites-darlings-russian-propaganda-effort/598258001/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. This connection is not made often nor forcefully enough

It must be drummed into the minds of ordinary Americans

[saidsimplesimon]

3. We can try. Thank you

[Cosmocat]

7. YEP

The idiots have no idea how programmed they are.

[Achilleaze]

2. they are heinous republican TreasonWeasel agitprop poo flingers

frikken anti-American republican TreasonWeasel propagandists should be exiled from America, and condemned for all eternity to Siberia where they can hang with their kreepy anti-American kremlin komrades.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. They are indeed Czar Putin's play toys.

Thank you.

[FarPoint]

5. We have had a Mammoth Invasion from Russia.

I believe our National Security System has failed us regarding Russia since 911...focus was directed at Middle East....minimized Russia and never saw this going on let alone coming....took years but they, Russia leaped at the Cyber potential...used that to bleed into politics....

[saidsimplesimon]

6. Comey should have told US, taken action, imo.

[Cosmocat]

8. The Cold War - Putin is pulling off an unbelievable fourth quarter come back

They were down 50 points with two minutes left, managed to score 8 TDs and are in the victory formation.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Locking - duplicate thread

of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141852242 . Please continue discussion there. Thanks.