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In reply to the discussion: The Truth is Out There - and JPR has it! [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)... (aka jackpineradicals) started by disgruntled Bernie-or-Busters who left DU when told that bashing HRC was no longer permitted here after she was elected as our party's nominee. Apparently they didn't understand that a site called DemocraticUnderground existed for the purpose of electing a Democrat as POTUS.
JPR was originally launched to support Bernie and his agenda. But once he lost the nomination, it quickly became an anti-HRC/anti-Dem site. Recognizing an opportunity to sway disgruntled Democrats away from their own long-professed "progressive ideals", the site was quickly infiltrated by right-wingers who post links to FOX-News, Brietbart, and other RW sources. People like Alex Jones are often cited as truth-tellers who are being disparaged by the powers-that-be in the evil Democratic Party, who live in fear of "the facts" being known.
JPR has become a case study in how easily-led the weak-minded can be. Its regular posters have become nutcases who will literally believe anything - no matter how ludicrous, and regardless of its source - if it is anti-HRC, anti-Dem, anti-Obama. Bloggers who no one has ever heard of are quoted as "reliable sources", and people like Trey Gowdy are praised for their patriotism and political insight.
According to JPR, Donald Trump is much closer to Bernie's idealism than is HRC and, if elected, will adopt Bernie's agenda and follow through on all of Bernie's campaign promises.
Right now, JPR is probably best known for its conspiracy theories, which have attracted many viewers anxious for a good guffaw. While losing serious political watchers due to the insane bullshit that gets posted there on a daily basis, the site continues to brag about its "viewers" - apparently unaware that a good number of those viewers only read the site in order to point-and-laugh at some of the most inane CTs ever accumulated on a single site.
If you've ever wanted to see self-proclaimed "progressives" being turned into useful RW tools, JPR is the place to see it happening in real time.