> CNN will retain a power to mislead far in excess of Twitter bots. The major mistake here is thinking that these two things are mutually exclusive competition

> CNN will retain a power to mislead far in excess of Twitter bots. The major mistake here is thinking that these two things are mutually exclusive competition. They're not. In 2015, an internet rumor started spreading that Obama was going to invade Texas. This rumor was based on the fact that there was a routine military training exercise taking place in Bastrop called Jade Helm. It started on Facebook and was quickly picked up by the mass media. These rumors became so viral that the Texas governor activated the Texas State Guard "just in case".[1] Later, the US government alleged that this was a planned disinformation operation carried out by the Russians and was a precursor to later operations.[0] Twitter and Facebook started the conspiracy, but mass media laundered it and made it look real enough to get a governor to act. 0: https://www.kut.org/politics/2018-05-03/jade-helm-conspiracy-theories-were-part-of-russian-disinformation-campaign-former-cia-chief-says https://www.kut.org/politics/2018-05-03/jade-helm-conspiracy... 1: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/russians-sowed-divisions-texas-politics-says-u-s-senate-report/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/russians-sowed-di...