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kennetha

(3,666 posts) Mon Jul 16, 2018, 01:28 AM Jul 2018

Useful Idiot Alert: How the Media Played into the Russian's Hands

Remember how the media covered Wikileaks' various e-mail dumps? Gleefully dissecting each new e-mail and pontificating about what it meant for the campaign, without every stopping to ask if they were playing into the hands of the Russians?

Watch this! Remember! Weep for our democracy!

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Useful Idiot Alert: How the Media Played into the Russian's Hands (Original Post) kennetha Jul 2018 OP

The particular point, I do not recall, however Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #1

The media still is duforsure Jul 2018 #2

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. The particular point, I do not recall, however

Reply to kennetha (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 05:14 AM

Jul 2018

it was more than obvious with the breathless 24/7 "Donald Trump has just eaten a cheese sandwich" coverage of his campaign. The major "News" (Infotainment) networks are more than complicit in the election and frankly he played them like a fiddle.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)

2. The media still is

Reply to kennetha (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 06:00 AM

Jul 2018

Repeating trumps and putins propaganda daily for them.

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