Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

molova

(543 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 10:05 PM Aug 2016

Website controlled by Russian Goverment condemns "media blackout" on LA Times/Daybreak poll

Those who had doubts that Vladimir Putin is rooting for Donald Trump should read this new article from an online outlet controlled by the Russia Government (Sputnik News):
"Media Blackout: Trump Surges Past Clinton in Major Poll, Press Cites Older Polls".

The headline does not explain how a poll that never existed until 2 months ago is a "major" poll. Nor does it address the fact that the poll is an outlier.

http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160821/1044496158/trump-poll-surge-crooked-hillary.html

More importantly, why in the world is Russia so butthurt due to the coverage (or alleged lack thereof) of this poll?

6 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Website controlled by Russian Goverment condemns "media blackout" on LA Times/Daybreak poll (Original Post) molova Aug 2016 OP
Makes you wonder about RT and that poll and the connection. Iliyah Aug 2016 #1
Wow oasis Aug 2016 #2
They think they are so clever..... AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #3
Russia Today is so obviously peddling pro-Trump propaganda, they aren't really trying anymore. DetlefK Aug 2016 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #5
For all we know, the Russian are funding that pro-Trump poll Democat Aug 2016 #6
 

DetlefK

(16,670 posts)
4. Russia Today is so obviously peddling pro-Trump propaganda, they aren't really trying anymore.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 02:16 AM
Aug 2016

Scarcely a peep on Manafort.

Media-scandal! CNN's fact-checking of Trump's claim that Obama founded ISIS was incorrect!
(CNN said it was Al-Baghdadi. It really was Al-Zarqawi. But we better use a headline that makes the reader think that Obama did found ISIS.)

Trump-ally General Flynn never said that Obama made the conscious decision to support ISIS. If you read the original interview, you will see that he said that Obama willfully took the risk that the guys he was supporting against Assad would turn out to be islamic extremists.

And do you want to know how RT reported on the DNC-hacking?
RT reported that it couldn't have been russian hackers because Donald Trump said it wasn't russian hackers.

Response to molova (Original post)

Democat

(11,617 posts)
6. For all we know, the Russian are funding that pro-Trump poll
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:16 AM
Aug 2016

There seems to be a lot of secret connections to Russia in the Trump campaign.

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»Website controlled by Rus...