FAKE NEWS IS A CRIME! People who create and those who pass on FAKE NEWS are criminals. THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW AGAINST FAKE NEWS! Fake news can destroy America and our democracy faster than flag burning Mr. Twump.
We need a law making FAKE NEWS the crime it is: a felony!; flag burning is offensive, but does less harm than FAKE NEWS!
"Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say"
By Craig TimbergBusiness
November 24, 2016
My words: WE HAVE TO CARE ENOUGH TO FACT CHECK NEWS. IF WE CHOOSE TO BE FOOLED, IT IS ON US / YOU!
"Two teams of independent researchers found that the Russians exploited American-made technology platforms to attack U.S. democracy at a particularly vulnerable moment, as an insurgent candidate harnessed a wide range of grievances to claim the White House. The sophistication of the Russian tactics may complicate efforts by Facebook and Google to crack down on “fake news,” as they have vowed to do after widespread complaints about the problem.
There is no way to know whether the Russian campaign proved decisive in electing Trump, but researchers portray it as part of a broadly effective strategy of sowing distrust in U.S. democracy and its leaders. The tactics included penetrating the computers of election officials in several states and releasing troves of hacked emails that embarrassed Clinton in the final months of her campaign."
"“They want to essentially erode faith in the U.S. government or U.S. government interests,” said Clint Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute who along with two other researchers has tracked Russian propaganda since 2014. “This was their standard mode during the Cold War. The problem is that this was hard to do before social media.”"
People, Russia and other, like ISIS, will push fake news on you! Use your f**king brain to distinguish TRUTH. Fact check the news every day and do not get lazy!
One response, William Bllume, questions the article, BUT HE CANNOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE RUSSIA DID NOT HACK DEM. EMALS.
I personally, even with no evidence, wonder why WikiLeaks only had and published Hillary's emails, don't you?
Those leaks were published Mr. Blume, so what say you about that? Is THAT adequate evidence?
"The Washington Post’s Fake News Story about “Fake News”
By William Blum | Dec 2, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints |
"The new Cold War by definition exists to discredit Russia simply because it stands in the way of American world domination."
"A former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, is quoted saying he was “struck by the overt support that Sputnik expressed for Trump during the campaign, even using the #CrookedHillary hashtag pushed by the candidate.” McFaul said Russian propaganda typically is aimed at weakening opponents and critics. “They don’t try to win the argument. It’s to make everything seem relative. It’s kind of an appeal to cynicism.” [Cynicism? Heavens! What will those Moscow fascists/communists think of next?]
The Post did, however, include the following: “RT disputed the findings of the researchers in an e-mail on Friday, saying it played no role in producing or amplifying any fake news stories related to the U.S. election.” RT was quoted: “It is the height of irony that an article about ‘fake news’ is built on false, unsubstantiated claims. RT adamantly rejects any and all claims and insinuations that the network has originated even a single ‘fake story’ related to the US election.”
It must be noted that the Washington Post article fails to provide a single example showing how the actual facts of a specific news event were rewritten or distorted by a Russian agency to produce a news event with a contrary political message. What then lies behind such blatant anti-Russian propaganda? In the new Cold War such a question requires no answer. The new Cold War by definition exists to discredit Russia simply because it stands in the way of American world domination. In the new Cold War the political spectrum in the mainstream media runs the gamut from A to B.
This article was originally published at WilliamBlum.org."
About the Author - William Blum
William Blum is an author, historian, and renowned critic of U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of numerous books, including "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II" and "Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower".
OK, perhaps Russia is not our enemy . . . . I have to do the research on that. lol
I get a sense Blum need a close look; here is a title of a book he wrote:
"America’s Deadliest Export: Democracy"
The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else
https://williamblum.org/books/americas-deadliest-export
"For over 65 years, the United States war machine has been on auto pilot. Since World War II, the world has believed that US foreign policy means well, and that America’s motives in spreading democracy are honorable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book from William Blum, one of the United States’ leading non-mainstream chroniclers of American foreign policy and author of the popular online newsletter, The Anti-Empire Report, demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. Moreover, unless this fallacy is unlearned, and until people understand fully the worldwide suffering American policy has caused, we will never be able to stop the monster."
Be aware! Beware!
