The Delusionist
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- Nov 7, 2017
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There seems to be a lot of general agreement that Russia is attempting to influence world politics and world events. But as much as people seem to agree that Russia isn't innocent, I've seen a lot of arguments that are based on Russia being a beacon.
So I wanted to do a poll, to see how many people believed the propaganda, and how many people believed that calling propaganda was propaganda.
- http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/report-high-confidence-russia-interfered-with-u-s-election.html
So I wanted to do a poll, to see how many people believed the propaganda, and how many people believed that calling propaganda was propaganda.
WASHINGTON — In September, as the first detailed evidence surfaced of Russia’s hijacking of social media in the 2016 election, Irina V. Kaverzina, one of about 80 Russians working on the project in St. Petersburg, emailed a family member with some news.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/us/politics/russia-mueller-election.html• Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign aimed at the presidential election. The campaign was meant to hurt Clinton’s chances and help Trump. The CIA and FBI have high confidence in these findings, the NSA has moderate confidence. (Why different confidence levels between three agencies? Who knows.)
• As Clinton’s chances of winning crept upward, Russia changed tactics to undermine her predicted presidency.
• Among the participants were covert intelligence operatives as well as “Russian Government agencies, state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or ‘trolls.’”
• And last but not least, Russian operatives did not mess with the vote tally, though they did obtain access to other parts of certain state and local electoral boards.
• As Clinton’s chances of winning crept upward, Russia changed tactics to undermine her predicted presidency.
• Among the participants were covert intelligence operatives as well as “Russian Government agencies, state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or ‘trolls.’”
• And last but not least, Russian operatives did not mess with the vote tally, though they did obtain access to other parts of certain state and local electoral boards.
- http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/report-high-confidence-russia-interfered-with-u-s-election.html
RT Conducts Strategic Messaging for Russian Government. RT's criticism of the US election was the latest facet of its broader and longer-standing anti-US messaging likely aimed at undermining viewers' trust in US democratic procedures and undercutting US criticism of Russia's political system. R
In recent interviews, RT's leadership has candidly acknowledged its mission to expand its US audience and to expose it to Kremlin messaging.
RT Leadership Closely Tied to, Controlled by Kremlin RT Editor in Chief Margarita Simonyan has close ties to top Russian Government officials, especially Presidential Administration Deputy Chief of Staff Aleksey Gromov, who reportedly manages political TV coverage in Russia and is one of the founders of RT.
- https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdfIn recent interviews, RT's leadership has candidly acknowledged its mission to expand its US audience and to expose it to Kremlin messaging.
RT Leadership Closely Tied to, Controlled by Kremlin RT Editor in Chief Margarita Simonyan has close ties to top Russian Government officials, especially Presidential Administration Deputy Chief of Staff Aleksey Gromov, who reportedly manages political TV coverage in Russia and is one of the founders of RT.
