Monday, February 12, 2018

Russian Bots & Fake News

You probably saw the story about how many fake news stories were shared by Russian bots during the election of 2016. The vast majority of those became part of the conservative news bloodstream.

According to Snopes, the Russian bots were largely responsible for pushing the Release the Memo hashtag, and are currently pushing anti-FBI and anti-Adam Schiff memes.

That's right, they are doing it RIGHT NOW. The Russians are still messing with our democracy.

Now Devin Nunes is creating his own "alternative news" site. He's already proven what kind of "news" he believes is true. Just wait and see how many Russian bots share those stories.

This is not a "both sides do it" phenomenon. Only one side is doing it, and they are doing it with the help of the Russians.

Yet the President still doesn't believe (or won't admit) the Russians intervened in 2016. He also claims anyone in the media that doesn't support him (which is most media--because he is a terrible president) is Fake News. And he's pushing that with the help of the Russians. RIGHT NOW.

If you believe the polls, 40% of the country is now on the same side of the Russians.

I'm sure Ronald Reagan would be very proud.