Russia used mainstream media to manipulate American voters

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THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 12:42 AM

Russia used mainstream media to manipulate American voters

Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 presidential election relied heavily on stories produced by major American news sources to shape the online political debate, according to a new analysis published Thursday.

The analysis by Columbia University social media researcher Jonathan Albright of more than 36,000 tweets sent by Russian accounts showed that obscure or foreign news sources played a comparatively minor role, suggesting that the discussion of “fake news” during the campaign has been somewhat miscast.

Albright’s research, which he said is the most extensive to date on the news links that Russians used to manipulate the American political conversation on Twitter, bolsters observations by other analysts. Clinton Watts, a former FBI agent and disinformation expert from the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, said that by linking to popular news sources, the Russians enhanced the credibility of their Twitter accounts, making it easier to manipulate audiences.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/russia-used-mainstr
eam-media-to-manipulate-american-voters/2018/02/15/85f7914e-11a7-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html?utm_term=.6d0274c0e6aa

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 16, 2018 5:59 AM

Because we needed yet another thread about this topic.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

WISHIMAY

Friday, February 16, 2018 6:19 AM

https://frontier.yahoo.com/news/m/bad4321b-b4dd-39d9-bc06-ee9a1ad82377
/ss_after-parkland-shooting%2C.html

Here's another about the Reich-wing Russian Troll crowd.

THE SHOOTER WAS A TRUMP SUPPORTER. Surprised... NO ONE left of center.

SECOND

Friday, February 16, 2018 6:31 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Because we needed yet another thread about this topic.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

This Russian story was not about manipulating American voters or sabotaging elections. It was about stealing $billions by sabotaging equipment.

www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3026811/white-house-follows-uk-govs-
lead-and-blames-russia-for-reckless-notpetya-attack

THE WHITE HOUSE has followed the UK government in blaming Russia for last year's NotPetya attacks.

Just hours after the UK's Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad named and shamed the Russian military as perpetrators of the "devastating" NotPetya ransomware attack, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued the administration's formal statement.

She called the NotPetya attacks "reckless and indiscriminate" and warned that Russia will be met with "international consequences."

"In June 2017, the Russian military launched the most destructive and costly cyber-attack in history," the official statement reads.

"The attack, dubbed 'NotPetya,' quickly spread worldwide, causing billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. It was part of the Kremlin's ongoing effort to destabilize Ukraine and demonstrates ever more clearly Russia's involvement in the ongoing conflict.

"This was also a reckless and indiscriminate cyber-attack that will be met with international consequences."

Sanders didn't elaborate on what these "international consequences" would be, but a White House official told Reuters that the administration is already "reviewing a range of options."

Following the UK and US' accusations, Austrailia has also concluded that Russia was behind the NotPetya cyberattacks. Australia's Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security Angus Taylor said that the government "judged that Russian state-sponsored actors were responsible for the incident."

Unsurprisngly, Russia has denied any involvement in the NotPetya attack, which first struck Ukraine before heading to Europe, caused businesses to suffer "millions of pounds" worth of damage. Shipping firm Maesrk, which lost $300m as a result of the attack, admitted last week that it was forced to reinstall more than 45,000 PCs, 4,000 servers and 2,500 applications after being struck by the "malicious" ransomware.

In a statement given to Reuters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the allegations were groundless and part of a "Russophobic" campaign conducted in some Western countries.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 16, 2018 6:42 PM

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Originally posted by second:
This Russian story was not about manipulating American voters or sabotaging elections. It was about stealing $billions by sabotaging equipment.

Probably should re-title the thread then.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

SECOND

Friday, February 16, 2018 7:05 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
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Originally posted by second:
This Russian story was not about manipulating American voters or sabotaging elections. It was about stealing $billions by sabotaging equipment.

Probably should re-title the thread then.

Russia Attacks the World? Would that be good? There are so many targets for the Russians: misleading voters, disabling business computers, shutting down Ukraine's electric power, etc. www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/

Russia's answer always is "You can't prove in an International Court of Law that we did anything. It could have been anybody with a computer, but most likely Obama and Hillary, trying to ruin our reputation. Besides, we won't show up for the trial. Ha ha ha!"

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 16, 2018 7:24 PM

I think a more appropriate title would be "Extreme Leftist Delusion For Friday, February 16, 2018".

Do Right, Be Right. :)

THGRRI

Friday, February 16, 2018 8:20 PM

If someone here, jack , would follow the link, he would see the title of the thread is the title of the story I started the thread with. But as we all know, jack doesn't read.

It's why he is in a confused state throughout.

T

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 16, 2018 8:24 PM

lol

Do Right, Be Right. :)

SIGNYM

Friday, February 16, 2018 8:31 PM

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Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 presidential election relied heavily on stories produced by major American news sources to shape the online political debate, according to an analysis published Thursday...

“The Kremlin, they don’t need to create a false narrative. It’s already there,” he said. “You’re just taking a narrative and elevating it.”

You see?
It's just like I said: You can't trust the MSM!!!
Because there they were- producing stories for Russia's "disinformation campaign"!
Maybe there was "collusion" between Putin and the MSM??
I think we should get Mueller to investigate ALL of the contacts between Russia and the MSM! I'll bet there are a lot!

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