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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:48 PM May 2019

'What is wrong with you?': Stephen Colbert rants against anti-vaxxers who were suckered by Russian t

‘What is wrong with you?’: Stephen Colbert rants against anti-vaxxers who were suckered by Russian trolls

By Dominique Jackson at Raw Story


https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/what-is-wrong-with-you-stephen-colbert-rants-against-anti-vaxxers-who-were-suckered-by-russian-trolls/amp/

"SNIP.....

He started the segment by quoting a CBC report that says more than 700 people have been infected with measles.

“People aren’t vaccinating against it,” he said. “What is wrong with you. This might the scariest news I have ever hear.”

“People aren’t sure if they want to be immune from disease,” he added.

He then went on to explain how “Russian trolls” promoted anti vaccination with “propaganda.”

.....SNIP"

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'What is wrong with you?': Stephen Colbert rants against anti-vaxxers who were suckered by Russian t (Original Post) applegrove May 2019 OP
I agree with him in the sense that madville May 2019 #1
A better link. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #2

madville

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1. I agree with him in the sense that
Sat May 4, 2019, 01:58 PM
May 2019

What is wrong with people that they are influenced by "russian trolls" on Twitter? I just can't wrap my head around dumbasses making life decisions based on social media propaganda I guess. I don't click on stupid ads and fake news stories are pretty obvious. What's next, are people going to start drinking bleach or jumping off buildings if Twitter bots tell them to?

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