2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million On Social Media Trolls
http://m.slashdot.org/story/310281An anonymous reader quotes a report from US Uncut:
A Super PAC headed by a longtime Clinton operative is spending $1 million to hire online trolls to "correct" Bernie Sanders' supporters on social media. Correct The Record (CTR), which is operated by Clinton attack dog and new owner of Blue Nation Review David Brock, launched a new initiative this week called "Barrier Breakers 2016" for the purpose of debating supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders -- or "Bernie Bros," as they're referred to in Correct the Record's press official release -- on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and other social media platforms. The "Barrier Breakers" will also publicly thank Hillary Clinton's superdelegates and fans for supporting her campaign. The paid trolls are professional communicators, coming from public relations and media backgrounds. "The task force staff's backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize," CTR stated.
artyteacher
(598 posts)We need to fight the Karl Rove trolls among us. Also where do I sign up?
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)It's about time, IMO...
The RF'ing variety have already covered a lot of ground. It's about time for some pushback.
JSup
(740 posts)...is allowed to purchase an online presence, as only He is immune to the corrupting influence of the internet.
Have to agree. Might as well getting paid for it.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Nothing new if it has to do with Hillary.
G_j
(40,367 posts)raiding the fridge too. Doesn't mean it's illegal.
shalafi
(53 posts)Clinton supporters should see why we continue to back Bernie. Bernie and his supporters doesn't even do this kind of shit.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)This campaign has been gross from the get go. I found it a little odd that before she even started running, they put out the "Ready For Hillary" movement, while Obama was just into his second term. I thought it was a little early to say we were ready for her and it was right after so many democrats ran away from Obama in the mid terms. It made me think they were saying, "Well, this guy can't help us win the mid terms, are you ready for Hillary yet?"
MisterP
(23,730 posts)the race was expected to be against Biden, if that: Sanders would just be Kucinich 2.0, and get even less, because of their view that voting matched what the voters wanted: people kept voting for an econ-right social-center Dem party because they wanted econ-right social-center
Clinton only decided in 14 because the polls had her at 80%: she did NOT want to redo 08 again since that was utterly traumatic and just reinforced her bunker mentality
Aerows
(39,961 posts)has amped to 11.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)I have never been so disgusted over what the political process has become.
It's about power.
Period.
The people are an unimportant afterthought.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Surely not!
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)Her paranoia combined with the NSA data collection revealed by Snowden could make her a nightmare for civil liberties as President. I don't even want to imagine it.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)pinebox
(5,761 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)The suspicious ones are not hard to find, some surely have seemed like HRC operatives. Voluminous posts here then gone then often back later. Like Hillary has a squad of them.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)Just deposit it to my account, please. I'll be in touch.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Lest we forget: she was caught very early on having hired a bunch of facebookers, too.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Comment Sections at all the Mainstream Media News websites, that allow comments, and in Blogs,
Social Media. They are different from the usual RW'ers who post crude comments that most people ignore. They are literate and are skillful in their presentation--although their similar Talking Points in their Bernie attacks make them identifiable as getting their information from the same source. They come in waves focusing on the Bernie bashing topic/misinformation of the day" from their paymaster.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)They stand out, they're absolutely beaming! Or is it spelled Beemer?
talking points of the day...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Seriously, wouldn't you be pissed if you paid somebody to post this all the time instead of thoughts:
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Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Yeah... if you call making a huge announcement that they are going to be pushing back being "caught"
Mike__M
(1,052 posts)I got the graphics and ready to go . . .
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