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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn twitter, stats show Russian bots and trolls pushing #releasethememo.
Hamilton 68 tracks trends from verified Russian bots and trolls.
Top hashtags as of last night:
https://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)err, Nunes? Err, Gowdy, Grassley, Hatch, and many more.
Number one comrade is t-rump tho.
RayOfHope
(1,829 posts)As I was reading, it was obvious it was bot-driven. Especially when I checked major news sites and couldn't find anything about a memo.
SWBTATTReg
(22,222 posts)No one is listening to these guys, no one.
Amishman
(5,559 posts)At least not what they are expecting. It's more useful to them as a conspiracy.
Gothmog
(145,965 posts)Demsrule86
(68,825 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Demsrule86
(68,825 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)I doubt they would push release the memo if it was going to get released. It is more useful while it is unknown. Just part of the nebulous deep state conspiracy nonsense anyway.
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)I read they get paid 1,200 a month, I guess that is good wages in Russia, but they are losing their edge now. Trumps 30 odd percent, don't need twitter to believe. In fact, they are probably the less informed citizens in the U.S.
So stop marketing their BS. Who cares who trending, it doesn't mean anything.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)#ReleaseTheMemo shows how Republicans, Fox News and Russian bots can cooperate to make fake news
By Mark Sumner - Jan 22, 2018
Now, in the wake of the initial blast, #ReleaseTheMemo looks much less like a news story, and much more like a test run for coordination between Republicans in Congress, Fox News pundits, and Russian media bots.
In this case, the memo that had Republicans weepy was generated by Devin Nunes (R-CA). The idea that Nunes, who has already cried wolf on this same topic at least twice in the past year, should be taken as a reputable source on anything related to FBI surveillance is ridiculous. Still, Republicans presented this as a document that would shake Washington to its roots.
On Thursday evening, Sean Hannity made this memo the focus of his program. Hannity presented the memo as definitive proof that the investigation by Robert Mueller would be forced to conclusion.
"Your witch hunt is now over. Time to close the doors."
Then on Friday morning, Twitter exploded with the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo. The demand came with eerie clockwork precision from thousands of accounts, including from that of Donald Trump Jr. But many of these accounts shared a common featurethere was no human being on the other end. .....................