Pay CLOSE attention to what Trump bots are doing on YouTube

[Miles Archer]

I just posed in GD about John Sununu's CNN interview on RussiaGate. Raw Story has developed a penchant for Vimeo over YouTube, so I went to YouTube to find the clip.

If you go to YouTube, type in "Sununu" and then filter it on videos posted today, you will see (it's all for the SAME clip, some edited):

1). "John Sununu Destroys CNN's Coverage of Trump-Russia Investigation" (from "NTK Network&quot

2). Former WH Chief Of Staff Sununu Presses CNN’s Camerota About Irresponsible Coverage Of Trump Admin (from "GOP War Room&quot

3). John Sununu DESTROYS CNN Alisyn Camerota on Trump - Russia Investigation Media Coverage (from "US News Today&quot

4). Former WH Chief Of Staff Sununu: Backchannels Not Unusual And Actually A Positive Asset (from "GOP War Room&quot

5). John Sununu: Only Thing That Concerns Me About Russia Investigation Is The Bad Reporting On It (from "GOP War Room&quot

6). "Sununu to Camerota - How Much Crow Are You Going To Eat On Russia Investigation" (from "Wayne Dupree&quot

7). "‘How Much Crow Are You Going To Eat?’ John Sununu Owns CNN’s Camerota … On CNN" (from "Fan News"

The bots are slowly re-appearing in Trump's Twitter feed, too.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Have to maintain vigilance...

the RW propaganda will continue apace.

[DefenseLawyer]

2. Red Herring

In the abstract, "backchannel communications" aren't a bad thing. However, lying about having such contacts on a sworn document is a crime. Of course, what is being discussed in the "backchannel" may also be a crime as well. And, moreover, none of that really has any bearing on whether there has been collusion with the Russians and/or money laundering and other illegal financial entanglements between Trump and Russia.

[C_U_L8R]

3. I expect Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc...

are paying close attention to how they are being abused.
I do hope they shut this deceptive crap down before Trump
takes their beloved brands down with him.

[CousinIT]

4. Trump twitter acct gained 5 mil followers in 3 days?

(mostly bots)

Link to tweet

I don't know if this is true since I block Trump and don't follow him. This is just one person's claim - but it does seem to dovetail with the OP above.

[CousinIT]

6. Malcomb Nance agrees w/ this assessment

Link to tweet

"Concur w/ @th3j35t3r Russian Cyber warfare support ramping up for @POTUS? Key intelligence indicator of impending major political activity."

[L. Coyote]

7. Not true. Go to the actual stats instead of trusting anonymous Twitter info.

Here you are quoting twitter about how you can't trust twitter. Can you produce actual evidence of this?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029134591#post16

[CousinIT]

9. OK.

He has 31M followers now. No idea how many he had before since I avoid him & his account like plague.

Tx for the info.

[LeftInTX]

5. I checked out 1). "John Sununu Destroys CNN's Coverage of Trump-Russia Investigation"

On YouTube.

I can't tell if they are bots or real people.

I clicked on a few of their avatars. Most of them had subscriptions and playlists. One of them had uploaded a Mt. Holyoke parade a year ago.

Trying to determine whether they are bots, real people, or paid trolls can be extremely time consuming.

I noticed they were praising Trump's speech in SA last week. I checked out remarks to Trump's speech on various YouTube channels, including the WH channel. They were all raving about it.

(I also clicked NTK Network - They post a bunch of right wing stuff, so maybe they attract right wingers. Nothing attracts right wingers like Clinton conspiracy theories. So maybe RWers already subscribe to this channel)

[L. Coyote]

8. There are lots of political activist channels on YouTube, real people.

Not as easy to create a fake persona on YouTube as on twitter.