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I despise Fox News and CNN, but unless they took foreign money for those ads and didn’t go through the proper declarations making that clear, you’re presenting
by Pharmakon 8y ago
I despise Fox News and CNN, but unless they took foreign money for those ads and didn’t go through the proper declarations making that clear, you’re presenting a false comparison. Fox and CNN, for all of their hideousness, also didn’t host bots and people having conversations with themselves to manipulate public discussion. They didn’t give the IRA a platform, and didn’t allow the likes of Cambridge Analytica to target high value voters in close states.
- TylerE 8y agoFox certainly took plenty of NRA money, and they were/are taking tons of foreign cash.
- Pharmakon 8y agoThe NRA is a domestic lobbying group, and citation on the second point? Remember we’re specifically talking about buying political ads, not just investment in the company.
- TylerE 8y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russian-agents-guilty-plea-intensifies-spotlight-on-relationship-with-nra/2018/12/13/e6569a00-fe26-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?utm_term=.c7de71c4deab https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russian-agents-guilt... https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/nra-leader-jack-abramoff-gop-operative-russian-spy-maria-butina-lobbying/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/nra-leader-jack-abr...
- Pharmakon 8y agoThat’s a problem for the NRA, and if you don’t understand the difference between that and what happened with FB, I can’t help you. Have a nice night.