SCOOP: WaPo, CBS, McClatchy and others amplified Russian propaganda by unknowingly citing troll twee

[MelissaB]

SCOOP: WaPo, CBS, McClatchy and others amplified Russian propaganda by unknowingly citing troll tweets in stories

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The Washington Post, Miami Herald, InfoWars and other U.S. sites spread Russian propaganda from Twitter
Tweets from 2,752 fake Twitter accounts created by Russian government trolls found their way into U.S. news stories.

The tweet that opened a story in the Washington Post on Feb. 11, 2016 seemed innocuous: It was an attempt to illustrate Syrian territory occupied by clashing government and ISIS forces.

Problem is, the account behind that tweet — @WarfareWW — was one of 2,752 Twitter trolls identified this week as tied to the Russian government and suspended for spreading disinformation.

U.S. lawmakers are probing the extent of the Kremlin’s campaign to disrupt last year’s presidential election and have focused their latest efforts on tech platforms like Twitter.

But new data show that many news publications — from established outfits like the Post, the Miami Herald (owned by McClatchy), Buzzfeed, CBS and even Vox, to controversial alt-right hubs like InfoWars — were duped into citing some of these nefarious tweets in their coverage, perhaps unwittingly amplifying the reach of Russian propaganda.

More: https://www.recode.net/2017/11/3/16599816/washington-post-mcclatchy-miami-herald-ap-russian-propaganda-twitter

[MelissaB]

1. Small snip

Brought to the Post’s attention, the newspaper on Thursday night updated at least one of its stories — its piece on Syria. It replaced the troll tweet in question with a note flagging that it had been tied to the Russian government.

And the Post’s executive editor, Marty Baron, told Recode on Friday that his newspaper would rethink the way it approaches tweets in stories.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Unknowingly?

That's a big assumption. The fact is simply they did spread Russia propaganda.

[pansypoo53219]

3. observing the 2000 & 2016 races from a distance(art way, not obsessive), the teevee gnewz media

Last edited Fri Nov 3, 2017, 06:05 PM - Edit history (1)

clearly favored bush + the moron. and obama as well. ican always tell who they favor. the moron & h clinton got the majority of coverage. so much for the libral meeedia. they want rating and look smarter than they are.

[Blue_Tires]

4. k+r