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>Most of the ads focused on pumping politically divisive issues such as gun rights and immigration fears, as well as gay rights and racial discrimination. When

>Most of the ads focused on pumping politically divisive issues such as gun rights and immigration fears, as well as gay rights and racial discrimination. When I read this I thought that this is what the US press does every single day wither it's WaPo or Limbaugh. It's all about selling fear and division. There's no longer nuance, no longer presenting both sides of an argument. It's all this is good or this is evil.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> When I read this I thought that this is what the US press does every single day wither it's WaPo or Limbaugh WaPo, and even Limbaugh, generally does not invent false flag news stories on both sides of divisive issues purely to drive division. WaPo may perhaps distort coverage to favor one side of divisive issues because of editorial biad or focus on existing divisive voices because conflict draws eyeballs, and Limbaugh may generate outright invented propaganda on a particular side of divisive issues to favor a preferred outcome, but neither of those behaviors are at issue, and even if it was the same behavior, neither actor is an outside interloper.
- Clubber 9y ago
  They do it for profit though. I don't see the motive as particularly relevant, the result is the same, division and fear. Limbaugh certainly does. He said Sandra Fluke was a prostitute. I'm sure he's said many other things. WaPo and NYT are a little better, but their writers have gone a little bonkers over Trump hurting their credibility. I'm sure there are some Limbaugh like news sites on the left. There have to be, riling people up is very profitable. What about the DNC pushing Sanders off the ticket story? I mean take as step back and analyze all this stuff the press puts out. It's pretty divisive. I'd really like to see a side by side comparison between Russian planted ads and comments and domestic ads and comments. Do you think we could tell the difference?

dragonwriter 9y ago

> When I read this I thought that this is what the US press does every single day wither it's WaPo or Limbaugh WaPo, and even Limbaugh, generally does not invent false flag news stories on both sides of divisive issues purely to drive division. WaPo may perhaps distort coverage to favor one side of divisive issues because of editorial biad or focus on existing divisive voices because conflict draws eyeballs, and Limbaugh may generate outright invented propaganda on a particular side of divisive issues to favor a preferred outcome, but neither of those behaviors are at issue, and even if it was the same behavior, neither actor is an outside interloper.

Clubber 9y ago
They do it for profit though. I don't see the motive as particularly relevant, the result is the same, division and fear. Limbaugh certainly does. He said Sandra Fluke was a prostitute. I'm sure he's said many other things. WaPo and NYT are a little better, but their writers have gone a little bonkers over Trump hurting their credibility. I'm sure there are some Limbaugh like news sites on the left. There have to be, riling people up is very profitable. What about the DNC pushing Sanders off the ticket story? I mean take as step back and analyze all this stuff the press puts out. It's pretty divisive. I'd really like to see a side by side comparison between Russian planted ads and comments and domestic ads and comments. Do you think we could tell the difference?