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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:53 AM Jan 2018

Russian Trolls Use Fox News' Sean Hannity To Undermine Mueller's Trump Probe, Report Says

Russian Trolls Use Fox News' Sean Hannity To Undermine Mueller's Trump Probe, Report Says
BY JOHN HALTIWANGER ON 1/24/18 AT 6:08 PM

Kremlin-linked trolls are using content from Fox News host Sean Hannity's website to bolster the campaign to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russian election interference, according to a report Wednesday.

Hannity's website has ranked among the top domains shared by a network of Kremlin-associated Twitter accounts in recent weeks, Mother Jones reported, using data from the Hamilton 68 dashboard compiled by the nonpartisan Alliance for Securing Democracy.

On December 20, for example, after Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) claimed on Fox News that the FBI had worked against Trump's presidential campaign, Hannity tweeted, "CONSPIRACY: GOP Lawmakers Says FEDERAL CONSPIRACY to Prevent Trump Presidency." That day, Hannity's website was among the top 10 shared by the network of Russian trolls monitored by Hamilton 68.

This happened again on January 18 when House Republicans called for Representative Devin Nunes (D-Calif.), who was accused by Democrats of attempting to derail the Mueller probe, to release a memo that supposedly provides evidence the FBI and the Justice Department conducted improper surveillance in relation to the Russia investigation.Within the next 24 hours or so, analysis from Hamilton 68 showed the hashtag #releasethememo had been tweeted by 600 monitored Kremlin accounts approximately 3,700 times. These accounts exist in addition to nearly 3,000 Russian trolls uncovered by Twitter in November 2017.

http://www.newsweek.com/russians-fox-news-sean-hannity-mueller-trump-probe-789828

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Russian Trolls Use Fox News' Sean Hannity To Undermine Mueller's Trump Probe, Report Says (Original Post) workinclasszero Jan 2018 OP

Treason weasels Botany Jan 2018 #1

Fox 'news' and it's shills are aiding a hostile foreign government workinclasszero Jan 2018 #2

We used to call people who aided the enemy, "collaborators". Now we call them Republicans. nt procon Jan 2018 #3

The giant whirring sound you hear is Reagan spinning in his grave. oasis Jan 2018 #4

Hannity is a tool of russia and putin Gothmog Jan 2018 #5

Trump, Hannity, Fox "news" and workinclasszero Jan 2018 #7

No collusion! No collusion! No collusion! No collusion! Initech Jan 2018 #6

Botany

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1. Treason weasels

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 11:55 AM

Jan 2018

"Hannity's website has ranked among the top domains shared by a network of Kremlin-associated
Twitter accounts ... "

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

2. Fox 'news' and it's shills are aiding a hostile foreign government

Reply to Botany (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 12:03 PM

Jan 2018

in a coup attempt. They along with the republican party are attacking this country and its lawful institutions on a daily basis every since Shitler took power.

The internet based attacks from Russia continue 24/7/365 and not one damned thing is done about it. We and naked and defenseless on this new war front with Russia.