Breitbart is among darlings of Russian propaganda

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/USA Today

Amid an investigation into Russian meddling in the last U.S. presidential election, a Russian propaganda Twitter network aimed at American audiences consistently spreads links to Breitbart and other right-wing or conspiracy theory websites that boost President Trump and bash Democrats.

The websites — which include True Pundit, the Gateway Pundit and Imperialist U — are regular features on the list of “Top Domains” pushed by a network of 600 Twitter accounts followed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, which tracks a Russian disinformation and propaganda campaign focused on U.S. voters.

On Thursday, the most popular domains mentioned by the network in the previous 48 hours, according to the tracker, included True Pundit, the Russian government-controlled television network RT, the Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Russian government news agency Sputnik News and Breitbart.

The network’s main role is to amplify messages deemed to benefit the Kremlin, but that doesn’t mean the websites' authors share the same goals, said Laura Rosenberger, director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which created the monitoring project for the fund.

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[Doug the Dem]

1. Not that surprising

Steve Bannon describes himself as a Leninist, after all.

[Liberalagogo]

5. He's no Leninist....

He's a STALINIST.

[PSPS]

2. Ah, yes. Good old RT. Home and financier of DU's favorite charlatan Thom Hartmann.

[FarPoint]

4. I still struggle to wrap my head around Hartman...

I accepted Ed Schultz based on his history...It goes to show us that even our radio voice pulpit can have the power of propaganda .... Asking the question...are we the same as the fox noise minions? Different side/ issues in opposition.....yet empowering ...

[Midnight Writer]

3. Didn't Steve Bannon himself claim to be "A Leninist"? That America as it is today cannot be reformed

That our societal structures must be destroyed and rebuilt from the scorched earth in order to change?

These guys keep telling us who they are and it doesn't seem to bother their supporters/enablers.

[Sunlei]

7. the years Bannon spent running chinese sweatshops of gamer 'goldminers' made the man he is today.

[emulatorloo]

8. He can call himself a John Deere tractor, doesn't mean he is one.

[Sunlei]

6. yeah, (R)IP-Mr Briebart always was Republican Partys #1 blogger & Creator of fraud vids & fake news.

Hope Republican party took care of Mr. breibarts children/family, when they took over their heroes fake news/RW-birther fake news-website.

After all Republican party-over fed him at their R galas & the hotels with open bars kept him loaded, the way republicans foxTV made him scream at 'protesters' probably is why the man dropped dead.