Stop the Steal's massive disinformation campaign connected to Roger Stone
Source: CNN
(CNN)It is an internet battle cry: Stop the Steal has swept across inboxes, Facebook pages and Twitter like an out-of-control virus, spreading misinformation and violent rhetoric -- and spilling into real life, like the protest planned for DC this weekend.
But while Stop the Steal may sound like a new 2020 political slogan to many, it did not emerge organically over widespread concerns about voting fraud in President Donald Trump's race against Joe Biden. It has been in the works for years.
Its origin traces to Roger Stone, a veteran Republican operative and self-described "dirty trickster" whose 40-month prison sentence for seven felonies was cut short by Trump's commutation in July.
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Despite efforts by Facebook to shut down the misleading content, it was too late. The cluster of groups and pages -- which altogether had amassed 2.5 million followers, according to an analysis by activist group Avaaz -- had seeded a jungle of misinformation that is being shared -- and believed -- by millions of Americans.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/business/stop-the-steal-disinformation-campaign-invs/index.html
"....it was too late." As Mark Twain correctly pointed out, a lie can travel around the world before the truth has time to put its' pants on.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,847 posts)He has boasted in the past that victory is all that matters. He can't win this one, however.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,764 posts)Russians were behind this campaign .. its devious enough.
gohuskies
(1,153 posts)He is a keystone to the vast right-wing cabal of anti-patriots and needs to pay for his treason and criminal acts.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)trusty elf
(7,349 posts)ewagner
(18,964 posts)Stone has been doing this shit for decades and now he "owes" trump....
Expect more of it all during Biden's Presidency.
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)birdographer
(1,218 posts)OhioTim
(256 posts)administration ever
diverdownjt
(699 posts)I believe you can violate back to jail for continuing illegal activities. Should have taken all his connection
devices.
He was just released on bail..right?
groundloop
(11,488 posts)So pretty much this criminal is free to do whatever he pleases.