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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI bought a gun. Then the fake news started.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-bought-a-gun-then-the-fake-news-started/2017/10/20/1c3458ec-af9a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.htmlI bought a gun. Then the fake news started.
By Tia Graves Fisher | October 20 at 6:49 PM
Tia Graves Fisher lives in Iowa County, Wis.
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That afternoon worried about further incursions and the potential for rabies exposure I drove to a gun store in Richland Center and bought a semiautomatic .22-caliber rifle. In just a matter of days, I went from raccoon photographer to registered gun owner.
On June 7, I posted the photo of that rascal raccoon with the caption, Caught red handed trying to break in. I got 13 likes. Some months later, I got a fundraising call on my unlisted landline from a pro-gun group had my name gotten on some database of gun owners? conducting a political survey on the Second Amendment. Then, sometime that fall, I started getting the bad news about Hillary Clinton.
I recall reading online news reports that she was in terrible health. She allegedly had secret brain surgery by some doctor who later mysteriously died. Thats what the story said. Another touted a whistle blower who disclosed that Clinton had Parkinsons disease. Another news report alleged she hid a colostomy bag underneath the long tunics she regularly wore on the campaign trail. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was all over it, bringing up Clintons health with regularity. I wondered why CNN and other outlets werent reporting these stories. After hunting around, I was able to determine that the stories were false, of course, but they nonetheless served as a reminder of Clintons bout with pneumonia and that she nearly collapsed getting into a car at an event. The false stories reminded me of the true ones.
Today, now that the election fog has lifted, I vaguely recall reading other nefarious news. (Regrettably, I now find it necessary to use quotation marks around this word.) Though I clearly remember these news stories, I cant really attest to their source or where I saw them. I cant remember which I saw on my Facebook feed which I increasingly relied on for my news and which I saw elsewhere.
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I bought a gun. Then the fake news started. (Original Post)
dalton99a
Oct 2017
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. So the NRA or the background check system sold your ID to the Russians?
FakeNoose
(32,628 posts)2. The Russian trolls found her on Facebook
If you read the source article it's pretty obvious that's how they found her. Her Facebook page posted her location, the photos of the raccoon break-in, and the fact that she purchased a small handgun to protect herself in case the raccoon came back.
Certainly many, many Americans were targeted last year for the "fake news" emails but many were oblivious to the Russian hackers' techniques. Many people like this lady couldn't even imagine why she would be a target.
Never again will Americans be innocent or oblivious to this type of targeting. Foreign governments cannot be allowed to meddle with our elections or our political process. We have to be aware and vigilant.