NRA TV Bears A Striking Resemblance To Russia's 2016 Social Media Posts

[applegrove]

By Steve M. at Crooks and Liars

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/03/nra-tv-bears-striking-resemblance-russias

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NRA TV is not merely a platform for promoting Second Amendment rights or engaging gun enthusiasts. As a researcher of online extremism, I’d contend it has has become one of the web’s most incendiary hotspots for stoking outrage at liberal America....

My study of 224 NRA TV videos and tweets over two months in 2017 found that only 34 dealt with topics related to direct gun advocacy or gun ownership. The remaining 190, or about five out of every six posts, were trained on perceived political enemies, trading the core mission of gun rights for incessant attacks on “crazed liberals” and “hateful leftists.”

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The dystopian picture that NRA TV portrays includes government officials encouraging violent protests against conservative groups, and a media-sponsored “war on cops.”

Does this remind you of anything? Obviously it's similar to Fox News and the rest of the conservative media -- it's also reminiscent of some of the advertising Russia posted on social media during the 2016 campaign.

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[Wwcd]

1. Did they just rename RT? Or expand on it.

Gaaaad.

[RainCaster]

2. Amazon- why are you still providing Russia this voice in our country?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Hortensis]

3. What scares me more than the North Korean crazed tyrant? The violent left

and the crazed liberals who lead them. They like North Korea also pose a clear and present danger to America … Make no mistake, the lying leftist media, the elitist cringe-worthy celebrities, and the anti-American politicians – who make up the violent left – don’t just hate President Trump, they hate you.” NRATV host Grant Stinchfield

Thanks for posting this, Applegrove. NRATV is evil-awful.

Here's a link to the article first posted on "The Conversation," author Adam G. Klein, Pace University.

The NRA’s video channel is a hotbed of online hostility
https://theconversation.com/the-nras-video-channel-is-a-hotbed-of-online-hostility-92477

[uponit7771]

4. National Russia Association wants to make America worse some more