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Admittedly snarky: You sound like you believe in the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory! More reasonable: I recognized consortiumnews.com because that's where famo
by NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
Admittedly snarky: You sound like you believe in the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory!
More reasonable: I recognized consortiumnews.com because that's where famous NSA code breaker and whistleblower Bill Binney published his debunk of the of the "Russia hacked the DNC" hoax: https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/ https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-r...
So personally I think they picked at least one excellent source. I can't speak to the others.
>UPD globalresearch.ca was even included in "Pillars of Russia's Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem" report:
Ahh yes, because the US government would never lie, 7 years after it became legal to do so: https://www.mintpressnews.com/planting-stories-in-the-press-lifting-of-us-propaganda-ban-gives-new-meaning-to-old-song/237493/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/planting-stories-in-the-press-...
Russian media influence on the US doesn't hold a candle to domestic media that is frequently found to be heavily biased to be pro establishment, to outright wrong. Russia is a red herring.
- spacemanmatt 4y ago> Russian media influence on the US doesn't hold a candle to domestic media that is frequently found to be heavily biased to be pro establishment, to outright wrong. Russia is a red herring. Russia did attempt and intend to interfere with the 2016 election and they will do it again. Their unregistered agents are still getting convicted.
- throwoutway 4y agoThat doesn’t seem to successfully debunk it. Maybe to just present a counterpoint? But hackers are known to cover their tracks and mislead so..