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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian Bots, Fake News already at it about the killer on Twitter and Facebook!
They are claiming he is a Muslim convert, an Antifa, a Hillary supporter, a Bernie supporter, a liberal who loves AR15s, all of it!!
I just spent an hour reporting every fake news tweet I could find.
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Russian Bots, Fake News already at it about the killer on Twitter and Facebook! (Original Post)
adigal
Nov 2017
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Twitter and facebook should be boycotted till they figure out how to stop this shit.
Squinch
Nov 2017
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Squinch
(51,090 posts)1. Twitter and facebook should be boycotted till they figure out how to stop this shit.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)11. I have quite a few relatives who use Facebook and every time I mention
Russia and Facebook they all say "I don't post very much". It really posses me off.
spanone
(135,950 posts)2. K&R...
adigal
(7,581 posts)3. I agree, or we should all post the latest fake news stories every day. nt
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)4. What about these? They seem consistent with other sites.
adigal
(7,581 posts)5. I just glanced at them, but they don't seem crazy, like the FB and TWitter tweets nt
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Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)7. Antifa, huh?
Because nothing says "Fight Fascism" like murdering/wounding 7% of the population of a little town while they are praying with their families at their little church.
That's really "sticking it to the man".
adigal
(7,581 posts)9. It is literally insane. Yet Trumpers swallow the lies and bile and hate. nt
Initech
(100,149 posts)8. Oh god damn it!!! Fuck Russia!!!
GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)10. Also being pushed is the "good guy with a gun" narrative.
Hey! Look! A good guy with a gun stopped the shooter! I'm sure the 26 people the shooter murdered, and nearly 30 he maimed are thrilled.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)12. The usual suspects at it again: