Fake Website Tricks Thousands Into Believing Elizabeth Warren Endorsed Bernie Sanders

[UglyGreed]

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An interesting side note: Clone Zone appears to have been created by a New York City-based “creative studio” called 4REAL, which describes itself as “a diverse team of artists, designers, and developers dedicated to facilitating a deeper relationship between culture and technology through critical analysis and innovation.”

Besides Clone Zone, 4REAL also collaborated on an “interactive portal” for the website of the Clinton Global Initiative, a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation that has come under intense scrutiny for the overlapping roles of its co-founder and Clinton family confidante, Doug Band, and the instrumental role Bill Clinton has played in filling the initiative’s coffers. Hillary Clinton, who is running against Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, joined the Clinton Foundation after retiring as Secretary of State in 2013.

We’ve reached out to 4REAL, Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and the Clinton Foundation for comment, and will update this post if we hear back.

http://gawker.com/fake-website-tricks-thousands-into-believing-elizabeth-1762143861

[metroins]

1. It's so obvious

The people that believed it was real, are the reason phishing attacks work.

Look at urls before you click on them.

[Gothmog]

2. This was a sad trick that shows some desperation

[tk2kewl]

5. how, what and whose desperation do you think it shows?

[Gothmog]

21. There are threads on DU asking for Warren to endorse Sanders

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511367475

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511286752

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251725011


There are also reports of Sanders supporters demanding that Warren endorse Sanders

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511370039

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511375739

No one on the Clinton side is putting pressure on Senator Warren to endorse Clinton. A Warren endorsement would be nice but it may sense for her to wait until we know who the nominee will be. We will have a good idea tomorrow after the Super Tuesday results come in.

[BreakfastClub]

3. This is quite a stretch. nt

[UglyGreed]

6. Well I don't think the Sanders

campaign did this and it really does nothing but harm his supporters and his campaign.

[arcane1]

4. Mission statements are always so full of shit.

How does creating a hoax NYT article "facilitat[e] a deeper relationship between culture and technology through critical analysis and innovation" exactly?

[UglyGreed]

9. I can not believe that

anyone thinks this hoax was created to help Sanders, either by his supporters or the campaign themselves. It is totally idiotic and just more slander.

[JaneyVee]

7. Fake websites? On the internet? Im shocked!

[Agschmid]

8. Ugh...

This campaign is getting to be ridiculous.

[UglyGreed]

10. Let me ask you

do you believe this hoax was created to help Sanders or hurt Sanders???

[Agschmid]

11. I can answer only one question... And it's not one you asked but I'll do it anyways.

I am 99.9% certain neither campaign had anything to do with this.

That's about all I know here.

[UglyGreed]

12. Well good

and I agree. But as you see some are trying to place the blame on the Sanders Campaign and or his supporters which really does not make any sense to me. Just look how it has been used by those who oppose Bernie's run. It is dishonest and low.

[Agschmid]

13. It's shady who ever did it, is just trolling.

But we agree.

[UglyGreed]

14. Thank you

[Blue_Adept]

15. They're not trolling

They're gaining publicity.

Now we know the people/company behind it. And they'll be generating plenty of traffic and interest, which is what their goal was.

[berni_mccoy]

16. WELL WELL WELL! Another FUCKING DIRTY CAMPAIGN TRICK BY CAMP FUCKING HILLARY

Hope all the Hillary supporters here that were outraged by this are placing their outrage in the appropriate place today.

[UglyGreed]

17. I don't know who did it

but it only hurts Sanders and his supporters.

[berni_mccoy]

18. I'm going to infer

"4REAL also collaborated on an “interactive portal” for the website of the Clinton Global Initiative, a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation"

[UglyGreed]

19. Well we will see

I won't do what has been done to us and the Sanders' campaign. I admit it does get to a person to be called a right winger or a liar and such. At times it makes me want to strike back but I try my best to resist. BTW let me add people and doctors have questioned or belittled my chronic pain for many years now so I have learned to use it to motivate me not crush me.

[Godhumor]

20. 2 things

1) 4Real may have created the Clinton Portal and Cloud Zone, but literally anyone can use Cloud Zone to create fake copy

2) Nothing is helped by implying that the Clinton campaign itself would be behind something so fucking stupid. This was just idiots trolling.

[UglyGreed]

22. Well nothing is helped by

implying this was done by the Sanders camp or even by Sanders supporters trying to force Elizabeth Warren to endorse Bernie. It was a hoax plain and simple.