The right-wings favorite Internet personality was just outed as a Russian troll

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story


NOOR AL-SIBAI
02 NOV 2017 AT 21:32 ET

Jenna Abrams’ tweets were beloved, at times, by both the alt-right and the celebrity blogosphere. Now, Congressional investigators have confirmed that her Twitter account was actually run out of St. Petersburg, Russia’s infamous troll farm.

According to The Daily Beast, the “Abrams” account that initially became famous after “fixing” a nude selfie posted by Kim Kardashian was run, along with thousands of others, by the Kremlin-funded Internet Research Agency. The account, which was supposed to be run by an American blogger, soon pivoted to right-wing rhetoric, including a professed belief in segregation.

Before she became a favorite among the reactionary right-wing set, however, “Abrams’ account built up an image of a straight-talking, no-nonsense, viral-tweet-writing young American woman.” After building a following with funny takes on pop culture and feminism, “she would push divisive views on immigration, segregation and Donald Trump” in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.

Abrams’ tweets were published everywhere from InfoWars to USA Today and Sputnik to The Washington Post, and high-profile users like Roseanne Barr, Michael McFaul and even, once, Starbucks’ corporate account responded to her on Twitter. Rather than just being a standalone Twitter account, Abrams also had a personal website, a Gmail account, a Medium account and a GoFundMe page.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/the-right-wings-favorite-internet-personality-was-just-outed-as-a-russian-troll/

[truthisfreedom]

1. the Manchurian party.

[mountain grammy]

3. Yep.

[cstanleytech]

4. No, they or atleast their parties leadership did not go into this unwittingly they went into it

with eyes wide open and they knew exactly what was going on and they were clearly willing to pay any price if it meant they could secure the Presidency as evidenced by all the heel dragging that Mitch as well as Ryan and the rest of them have done over investigating what Russia did or was doing when it meddled in our elections.

[JDC]

2. Step into my parlor said the spider...

Twitter is garbage. It could be so great, but it is just a cesspool, nothing more.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I disagree.

A lot of news shows up on Twitter first:

https://twitter.com/daveweigel

https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

https://twitter.com/ap

https://twitter.com/washpostbiz

https://twitter.com/TexasTribune

https://twitter.com/wsj

Some good humor:

https://twitter.com/DPRK_News

And some serious digging and work by insiders:

https://twitter.com/RogueAltGov

[JDC]

8. Like I said, it could be so good

Not everything in a cesspool is shit, but it’s all covered with it.

I can pull up any one of the links you posted, see good, solid news and reporting, but one dip into the commentary or branch to alternate tweets and the whole soup is ruined. 1 degree of separation.

Also, I might suggest that everything doesn’t have to be a rush to be first. I’d rather it be accurate. And the misinformation that is the pretext to this entire thread spreads at the same speed or “first” as valid info. It moves at that pace because everyone wants to be the “first” to share it with others. Regardless of accuracy. In fact, in spite of accuracy.

To each his/her own, I really get it and by no means am I trying to insult. But it is clear, large scale propaganda and misinformation campaigns are being disiminated via Twitter.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. Agree 100%. A cesspool out of control.

I wonder how much influence the inflammatory social media posts from right-wingers and Russia affects the tone of discussion on DU. I'm observing a lot of divisive and bitter exchanges here now on other threads.

I don't use social media but I do view many pro-Democrat accounts on my computer. As you have said, when one opens up a Twitter post, many comments are typically very deceptive, outright lies, or in other ways meant to divide.

From what I see, it all seems very unhealthy for those seeking good rational, truthful discourse. It's just one huge head-spin!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Figures

They're not to bright

[ffr]

7. The Daily Beast is reporting it too

Jenna Abrams, Russia’s Clown Troll Princess, Duped the Mainstream Media and the World



https://www.thedailybeast.com/jenna-abrams-russias-clown-troll-princess-duped-the-mainstream-media-and-the-world

[Judi Lynn]

15. Excellent information. Thank you for posting it. n/t

[Beartracks]

9. "Internet Research Agency"?

I suppose their main line of study is "How to Take Down a Western Democracy with Nothing but the Internet."

And I guess that makes us their "great American experiment."

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[RussBLib]

10. how wierd

anything could be a Russian troll!

bots, bots, everywhere

[Rollo]

12. How many bots could a bot bot bot if a bot bot could bot bots?

[BumRushDaShow]

17. !

Thankfully I had just swallowed the sip of my coffee before I saw this.

[UCmeNdc]

13. That is exactly right

That is the problem

[Vilis Veritas]

14. there is nothing real about media/tv/internet/virtual reality

it is all the culmination of monarch...jk

the chrysalis has broken...(on edit...i wanted to be in before the ct peeps, i forgot what the sarcasm smilie looks like...my bad)

Vilis Veritas

all opinions expressed by me are immediately regretted, no need for the little happy face with the foil hat I am wearing aluminum

[keithbvadu2]

11. I thought "right-wings favorite Internet personality" would be Rush.

I thought "right-wings favorite Internet personality" would be Rush.