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Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million On Social Media Trolls (usuncut.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from US Uncut: A Super PAC headed by a longtime Clinton operative is spending $1 million to hire online trolls to "correct" Bernie Sanders' supporters on social media. Correct The Record (CTR), which is operated by Clinton attack dog and new owner of Blue Nation Review David Brock, launched a new initiative this week called "Barrier Breakers 2016" for the purpose of debating supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders -- or "Bernie Bros," as they're referred to in Correct the Record's press official release -- on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and other social media platforms. The "Barrier Breakers" will also publicly thank Hillary Clinton's superdelegates and fans for supporting her campaign. The paid trolls are professional communicators, coming from public relations and media backgrounds. "The task force staff's backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize," CTR stated.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” -Joseph Goebbels
Conservative, mod down for violating
Easy way to get mod points, but just because Rush Limbaugh said it, doesn't make it true.
Goebbels actually thought propaganda should be truthful.
It is perhaps comforting to thinking of the Nazis as evil in every way, but the true evil comes from how they trusted the system in which they worked without question.
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There is a similar group doing the same thing in Brazil to help in the coup against President Dilma. The only difference is that Brazilians trolls are really easy to be identified by the stupidity and nonsense of their comments.
Well played, sir troll.
For those not following Brazilian politics, Brazil has been plagued by corruption scandals and economic woes, leading to not a literal coup, but a supermajority vote by the Brazilian House to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, which means it moves to the Senate for confirmation, then an actual trial. It's an emotionally charged issue (some representatives actually burst into song during the impeachment proceedings), but being resolved peacefully.
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Looks like the 'pro trolls' and sycophant ass-kissers have /. on their todo list as well.
Maybe a good start to be corrected is where did the six billion dollars that are missing from Hillary's State Department go? And why where favors given to foreign governments who gave to the Bill and Hillary so-called charity. You know, the charity that gives almost nothing to charities. Huh-uh.
The 'money doesn't always work' argument is a favorite excuse of Republicans - as part of a 'it's not really a problem", "democrats raise money too", and "in any case, what can we do about it" rationalization of a system that they know favors them. And it favors them if only because it pushes all non-money centric issues off of center stage. "Both parties are able to raise lots of money" is part of the problem - not a reason it's not a problem.
Yes, it doesn't always work in high profile contests like Presidential elections, where the media pay enough attention - and can be manipulated into getting your message out for you. And where bad politicians are on such constant display that they're unable to hide their unattractive sides.
But in lower-level elections, money can make a huge difference. Republicans don't control the majority of statehouses by accident - or by popularity. When the public (and the media) are not paying attention, money can easily put you over the top.
WTF?!?!?!
Do you really think Democrats lack funding, even at the state and local levels?
Do you really think the largest political contributors IN THE WORLD - public employee unions that give exclusively to Democrats - ignore local elections?
Really?
The American Federation of State, City, and Municiple employees, that gave $100 MILLION to DEMOCRATS ignores local elections?
The AFT and NEA, composed of local chapters, which gave close to $200 MILLION to Democrats, ignores local elections?
Well, we know why Republicans control most state houses - delusion.
Over the last several election cycles the Democrats handily out-raised the Republicans.
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!