Russian bots are rallying behind embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers dump her show David Hogg, a high school senior and survivor of the terrorist attack at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has emerged as a frequent target for prominent conservatives since the shooting, who have criticized him for his gun-control activism. The most recent eg has been FoxNew anchor Laura Ingraham tweeted an article earlier this week mocking Hogg that he had been rejected from several California universities. The intellectually dishonest Ingram did not mention that he had been accepted by several other California universities, namely Cal Poly and CSU San Marcos Hogg and several other students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas responded by calling for an advertising boycott of Ingraham's show and tweeting a list of companies people could contact to demand they pull their ads. Since then, roughly a dozen companies have announced plans to pull their commercials from her show, despite an apology from Ingraham on Thursday. As companies yank their ads from Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham's show in droves, she continues to draw support from one key Twitter demographic: Russian bots. http://www.businessinsider.com/russ...raham-amid-advertiser-exodus-2018-3?r=UK&IR=T The Fox News host announced Saturday that she would be taking a "pre-planned vacation" amid the controversy. On Saturday evening, #istandwithlaura was the top trending hashtag among Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations, according to Hamilton 68, a website launched last year that tracks Russian propaganda campaigns in near-real time. Per the site's data, the frequency with which the accounts tweeted the hashtag jumped by 2800% on Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, according to the website botcheck.me, which says it tracks 1500 "political propaganda bots," @ingrahamangle, @davidhogg11, and @foxnews were among the top six Twitter handles Russia-linked accounts tweeted at over the last 24 hours. The top two-word phrases were "David Hogg" and "Laura Ingraham." Russian-linked accounts' capitalization on the Ingraham controversy comes after they flooded Twitter with pro-gun messages and disinformation following the Parkland school shooting, which claimed 17 lives in February. In the days immediately following the shooting, propaganda trackers found that the top hashtags among Russia-linked accounts were #Parkland, #guncontrolnow, #Florida, and #guncontrol. Botcheck.me said almost all the top two-word phrases used on Twitter the day after the shooting had to do with the attack. The outlier was "President Trump." The content that Russia-linked accounts spread on Twitter is not necessarily produced by Russian government operatives and does not always align with Russia's views, though that is sometimes the case, according to Hamilton 68. Instead, the influence operation's main goal is to sow discord and spread junk news related to divisive political topics in the US and Europe. The strategy was a key tenet of Russia's effort to sway the 2016 US election in Trump's favor. http://www.businessinsider.com/russ...raham-amid-advertiser-exodus-2018-3?r=UK&IR=T
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Anyone who disagrees with me is a Russian bot, anyone who doesn't disagree with me is a well trained Russian bot.
1. David Hogg is a political activist and using the fact that he was in the building during the shooter to build his political career and gain fame. Public figures open themselves up to mockery and LI should be given a bit of leeway. 2. Bots are an imaginary threat for liberals to cling to as an explanation why they lost the election.
Nope, not anyone who disagrees. Just those that follow the same pattern and use the same misinformation as tracked Russian accounts. You do understand that there have been verified paid Russian propagandists who've been exposed right? You do realize they have proof of the Russian government ordering such intrusions right?
Exactly, Russian bots exist thus anyone who disagrees with me is a Russian bot. That was what I was saying. We're on the same side here.....either that or your are a Russian bot.
Twitter Bots Helped Trump and Brexit Win, Economic Study Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...lped-trump-and-brexit-win-economic-study-says
Exclusive: FBI Seizes Control of Russian Botnet https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-fbi-seizes-control-of-russian-botnet
Say bro I actually don't read any of these Russian threads Please don't set off an alert to one ever again TIA @realpgabriel Edit: I'm disappointed in the entire media establishment about the collusion story I'm disappointed none will step forward and admit it's the dumbest Presidential Politics type story Not being a jerk. If I feel like that about main stream media, why would I read these threads?
