[quote=zk][quote=CA renter]As for the troll charge, this poster signed up 5 days ago, and has only commented on this thread. You can make of it what you will, but I’m an admin on a number of political FB pages, and we were hit with a bunch of spam attacks with the “fake news” bit. This new poster has the stench of a paid operative (and yes, the most definitely do exist — that is a fact).[/quote]
They’re watching you.[/quote]
Nothing to see here. Just move along…
‘“It is meant to appear to be coming organically from people and their social media networks in a groundswell of activism, when in fact it is highly paid and highly tactical,” said Brian Donahue, chief executive of the consulting firm Craft Media/Digital.
“That is what the Clinton campaign has always been about,” he said. “It runs the risk of being exactly what their opponents accuse them of being: a campaign that appears to be populist but is a smokescreen that is paid and brought to you by lifetime political operatives and high-level consultants.”
The task force designed to stop the spread of online misinformation and misogyny is the brainchild of David Brock, a Clinton confidant who once made a career of spreading such misinformation and misogynistic attacks against her and Bill Clinton. His critics say he kept his taste for dirty tricks when he switched sides to become one of the Clintons’ most valued operatives.”
