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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 04:24 PM Nov 2017

We take the bait... The Alt-Right Propaganda Machine is Winning Because Amer. Insist on Being Stupid

We take the bait... The Alt-Right Propaganda Machine is Winning Because Americans Insist on Being Stupid




The Alt-Right Propaganda Machine is Winning Because Americans Insist on Being Stupid: A Timeline of The Al Franken “Scandal”

Al Franken is not the first sacrificial lamb — and definitely won’t be the last — as Americans refuse to acknowledge or take action against the fine-tuned Propaganda Machine that is omni-present on our social media platforms.




America has its very own Joseph Goebbels, yet we seem to be either too ignorant to history, or too ignorant to technology, to acknowledge and deal with the massive propaganda machine that’s been assembled over the last 2 years here in America. Al Franken is just the latest casualty, and there will be more.

It’s disturbing to see Americans still falling for the same dirty tricks we fell for the entire 2016 election season. We have the benefit of hindsight now and a cavalry of expert citizens educating us about propaganda and how to counteract it. Yet time and again, we are let down. Our media fails us. In their desperation for clicks they hop on any bandwagon that appears lucrative. And our people fail each other. They suspend critical thinking skills to line up on “sides” that don’t even truly exist.

So let’s use this past week’s Al Franken “scandal” as an illustration of the latest pizzagate-style propaganda hit job against our common senses. These manufactured “news stories” always follow the same distribution and amplification process, with few (but detectable) variables.

We start on Wednesday, November 15th at 10 PM — a full 9 hours before Leeann Tweeden shares her “#metoo” story with the world.

When Roger Stone tweets, the troops assemble

For an alt-right super-villain at the center of the “Russia-gate” conspiracy, American’s seem to be surprisingly unconcerned with the contemporaneous activities of Roger Stone. Suffice to say, he’s currently under federal investigation for his role in coordinating the DNC hacks with Guccifer 2.0, a “Russian hacker” who has since been identified by American Intelligence as an agent of the Russian FSB (aka KGB). But what he’s doing present tense to weaponize information as part of America’s flourishing Alt-Right Propaganda Machine appears to fly largely under the radar.

Please read the article & look at the graphics here: https://medium.com/@Erinlank/the-alt-right-propaganda-machine-is-winning-because-americans-insist-on-being-stupid-a-timeline-of-e3bad99a51be


I can't get the link to work. For now, please click Painter's tweet and click the article from there.
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We take the bait... The Alt-Right Propaganda Machine is Winning Because Amer. Insist on Being Stupid (Original Post) MelissaB Nov 2017 OP
+1000 bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #1
Short snip MelissaB Nov 2017 #2
Savransky could not write article in 17 minutes; nor Nolte in 35. TheHill couldn't approve in 17 min Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #3
K&R 2naSalit Nov 2017 #4
K&R fleabiscuit Nov 2017 #5
We are hyper-partisan due to the Fox/RW radio propaganda that has programmed Dustlawyer Nov 2017 #6
Send it to Rachel! calimary Nov 2017 #7
 

bagelsforbreakfast

(1,427 posts)
1. +1000
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 04:25 PM
Nov 2017

By the way, anyone know how much they pay? If America really IS this stupid, perhaps the manipulative GOPers are right in selling out?!

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
2. Short snip
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 04:27 PM
Nov 2017
It’s important to remember here that Roger Stone is not a journalist or in the (official) employ of any media organization. He is a lifelong political operative who’s gained a cult following of “pepes” and “deplorables” through his connection with the Trump campaign and their network of alt-right media outlets who thinly-coordinate these propaganda campaigns.

When Roger Stone tweets — the troops assemble. If Stone is a Propaganda Minister, then alt-right activists like Michael Cernovich and Jack Posobiec are his devoted gruntmen. They stand ready with a “digital army” in spades, and it doesn’t take much to signal the orders. Over 2 years, these players have fine-tuned their coordination in brazen fashion. That’s part of the way their disinformation has been successful. When it’s done out in the open, it somehow becomes harder to believe.

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
6. We are hyper-partisan due to the Fox/RW radio propaganda that has programmed
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 07:52 PM
Nov 2017

Republicans for decades. This is a newer extension of the same.

We need REAL REGULATORY AGENCIES, not ones that are run by the industry they regulate. The FCC is just one of many co-opted agencies that have allowed mergers, pollution, corporate give-aways...

Couple that with campaign bribes that has one Party selling out Americans in favor of the 1% and corporations and cheating in our elections and we hav e a real problem! These two issues are the root cause of most of our problems.

When we take back Congress and the WH we need to make sure these root problems are addressed!!!

calimary

(80,700 posts)
7. Send it to Rachel!
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 09:14 PM
Nov 2017

SEND IT TO RACHEL.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/send-it-to-rachel-484429379677

I just did.

Start here - at Richard Painter's Twitter page:


?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F10029879938

I copied the first few lines.

Then I went to "Send it to Rachel":

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/send-it-rachel

@maddow Richard W. Painter
@RWPUSA
Following Following @RWPUSA
More
We take the bait...

The Alt-Right Propaganda Machine is Winning Because Americans Insist on Being Stupid
@SteveBenen @CoryGn @Oleta @TriciaMcKinney @MaddowBlog @WillAtWork PLEASE!
LINK: https://medium.com/@Erinlank/the-alt-right-propaganda-machine-is-winning-because-americans-insist-on-being-stupid-a-timeline-of-e3bad99a51be

Richard Painter's tweet can be found here:




BTW - if you'll notice in the link, there's a bunch of @person's name all on the same line. @SteveBenen, @CoryGN, etc.

Those are other folks involved with "The Rachel Maddow Show" listed on the "Send it to Rachel" page, along with other "send it to..." options:

EMAIL US: Rachel@msnbc.com

TWEET US: The TRMS Twitter army looks roughly like this:

@Maddow is Rachel’s personal account.
@MaddowBlog tweets links and other blog content.
@SteveBenen - blogger extraordinaire
@CoryGn - executive producer Cory Gnazzo
@Oleta - senior producer Laura Conaway
@TriciaMcKinney - senior planning producer you recognize from the News Dump prize segments
@WillAtWork helps maintain the site
SNAIL US:

The Rachel Maddow Show
Floor 4 West
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

I'm emailing it to her, too.

THIS NEEDS EXPOSURE.

THESE ASSHOLES NEED TO KNOW THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED!
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