Is is just me...or has a whole bevy of international news correspondents

[silvershadow]

moved in and set up camp at DU? It's like we are running news bureau right out of here. (None of it bearing on actual importance to US citizens to any extent. More like a propaganda outlet is trying to dilute our news around here). Anyone have any thoughts?

[JaneyVee]

1. Why is this posted in GDP?

[Scootaloo]

4. It could be worse

Not too very long ago, someone used Stormfront to try to attack a Jewish democrat running in our primary, right here in GDP.

I wonder how it is that person is still posting stuff on DU. Especially with all the hides they've earned. It's very strange.

[JaneyVee]

6. LOL.

No, I used it to attack the poster who told me, a Jew, to go to stormfront. But hey, Bernie is always the victim I guess.

Womp womp.

[Scootaloo]

7. That's not what the text of your post indicates. But nice try!

[JaneyVee]

9. LOFL.

[joshcryer]

14. do you not see the post they are literally responding to?

[Scootaloo]

15. Yup.

Their response is to cite Stormfront, with a link. Claiming Stormfront loves Bernie.

[joshcryer]

17. They were told to "hang out" there

And were given a shitty link in return, you act as if this happened in a vacuum, dishonesty to the absolute core

[JI7]

12. why would a jewish person do that ?

[Scootaloo]

13. Beats me, but there it is.

[joshcryer]

16. they are literally responding to someone invoking stormfront

"Beats me"

Man the dishonesty is just so blatant around here these days

[Scootaloo]

19. By linking and citing Stormfrotn to attack a Jewish Democrat.

Incorrectly citing Stormfront, at that.

You're right, the dishonesty is kind of staggering.

[NWCorona]

24. WOW! And they say Bernie supporters use questionable links. Yikes!

I'm not trying to end up on a watch list.

[msongs]

2. tell us their names and affiliations please nt

[Codeine]

3. Oh, what are you on about now? nt

[Purveyor]

5. There was a day when many people visited DU just for the wide ranging

varieties of news and opinion.

Not so much anymore as they moved on to other news sites that don't come with the heavy baggage.

I have much better results on my twitter news accounts.

[katmondoo]

8. At one time DU was full of intersting news from many people

Now it's Bernie or Hillary and their supporters and their detractors

[Purveyor]

10. Doubt that it will ever go back to the good ole days. Many that left

have no intention of looking back...

[silvershadow]

11. Yeah, that's not really what I meant. But, thanks. nt

[floppyboo]

18. GD-P? I haven't seen any international news here.

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Maybe you went to the wrong discussion group? or maybe I am slow on the uptake. Happy bday btw!!

[KoKo]

20. I have more Respect for International News Correspondents....

than I do for MSM US Press these days. Those who are here (on site) are pretty much Proven Super Pack,David Brock "Disinfo/Paid Hacks" when one checks their DU Profile and "Mousetracks." They think that swarming the Uninformed is like going on Facebook or Twitter where they think they have some influence. They don't know the DU History and in fact know little of Real History at all.

[silvershadow]

22. Oh I do too, largely. My comment was more directed at something I perceived.

Which is, that right at the crux of this primary, all of a sudden the active posters of "news" are flooding DU with news item after news item, none related to the primary. I just assume it is a distraction ?

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Please do not confuse correspondents with propaganda merchants

[silvershadow]

23. So very true. I guess that's what I was alluding to. :)

[bemildred]

29. Well, clearly they must be up to something.

Nobody would do this for free, right?

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Some do

True believers

[MineralMan]

25. The internet is like international and stuff, see...

People all over the world are interested in US politics. Some even have opinions about our politics. This is DU. Anyone can't sign up and post here. It's a big-ass world is what it is.

[silvershadow]

27. That may well be..but the posters who prompted my post aren't that. they are like

a small but prolific team who post so many times a day they surely must be on a payroll somewhere.

[MineralMan]

28. Your post was very general, so...

In any case, it's not up to us to decided what other DUers are, in terms of what they post, nor how frequently they post. Assuming that a newish poster who is posting several times a day is a paid poster is not valid. It's just an opinion, based on your own criteria.

We shouldn't be trying to guess what motivates other posters, I think.

[SwampG8r]

26. You get more bang for the buck when you outsource