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Hard to sort out our own government propoganda and their paid trolls from Lodestar May 2016 #1
Examples? DetlefK May 2016 #3
how awesome Hillary is. smiley May 2016 #4
And that makes them trolls? DetlefK May 2016 #5
Some of them, yes. MisterFred May 2016 #9
"Some do it" is no proof for "They do it". DetlefK May 2016 #15
Hillary PAC Spends $1 Million to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook d_legendary1 May 2016 #21
they'd be dumb not to counter all the republican trolls pretending to be bernie or bust certainot May 2016 #48
Got any proof that Bernie or Bust posters are all right wing trolls? d_legendary1 May 2016 #58
i didn't say they were all rw trolls certainot May 2016 #61
a million isn't much to spend on a "social media business" Sunlei May 2016 #49
It is if you're paying people $.05 a post d_legendary1 May 2016 #59
info wars Lodestar May 2016 #25
It doesn't hurt to apply some common sense... TipTok May 2016 #50
some Sanders supporters doing precisely the same are trolls as well, yes? LanternWaste May 2016 #52
Yes, some Sanders supporters are trolls. MisterFred May 2016 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author smiley May 2016 #54
Snowden uncovered/released information about this subject. Lodestar May 2016 #23
CIA and NSA programs Lodestar May 2016 #26
That's the only explanation that makes sense to you? Gman May 2016 #29
Demanding evidence is not "a narrow world view". DetlefK May 2016 #32
The cognitive dissonance can be stifling Gman May 2016 #43
I pretend objective evidence is stifling as well... it protects us from rational thought. LanternWaste May 2016 #53
your balderdash would make Sarah Palin proud uhnope May 2016 #6
14 more days of tinfoil theories like this nt geek tragedy May 2016 #7
Pfft. MisterFred May 2016 #10
I can't imagine who would have so much money that they'd waste it hiring geek tragedy May 2016 #11
How about smear artists? Octafish May 2016 #14
There are many here, I believe, who see DU as the center of the liberal political world. Dr Hobbitstein May 2016 #17
now THAT'S an inconvenient truth! nt uhnope May 2016 #38
YOU would. Your tax dollars at work. Lodestar May 2016 #27
Natural News is a crazy-ass nutjob anti-vaxxer website. nt geek tragedy May 2016 #28
Would love to see the list of "legitimate xources" you come up with. Lodestar May 2016 #30
They think Obama is an Islamist terrorist under deep cover. They're crazy. geek tragedy May 2016 #31
you just won the thread uhnope May 2016 #39
republicons have been using paid callers for rw radio for years certainot May 2016 #47
Yes there are paid Russian trolls on this site dbackjon Jun 2016 #66
Decades-old soviet propaganda-technique, now brought back with RT and internet-trolls. DetlefK May 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy May 2016 #8
Why not? MisterFred May 2016 #12
I think it is different. Adrahil May 2016 #16
Well, it's true that the origin of their bias is different. MisterFred May 2016 #63
It is much different metroins May 2016 #19
There is more than CNN, Fox News and RT on the internet... Have you tried: DetlefK May 2016 #22
Yes to some of those. MisterFred May 2016 #62
Clinton SuperPac Admits to Paying Internet Trolls Lodestar May 2016 #34
And that makes russian trolling and russian propaganda okay? DetlefK May 2016 #35
Putin went all out old school 'soviet union' on media & internet access. Government took over. Sunlei May 2016 #13
What are their DU usernames? iandhr May 2016 #18
Quite often it is "name removed" FSogol May 2016 #20
lol iandhr May 2016 #24
Not often enough Democat May 2016 #33
True. Bradical79 May 2016 #60
Post removed Post removed May 2016 #36
Da Comrade. MohRokTah May 2016 #40
red baiting worked in the 50's, but it was bull shit then and it's bull shit now. ish of the hammer May 2016 #41
the russian political system today is an oligarchy... ish of the hammer May 2016 #42
We're a democratic republic, Putin. get your face out of your cellphone. Sunlei May 2016 #45
why are you calling me Putin? is that an insult of some kind? ish of the hammer May 2016 #46
It'S YoUr SeLeCtIve CaPs pUtIn. Would you please return the thousands of items, the nazi loot Sunlei May 2016 #51
ask the Swiss to return the Jews money, ask the American military to return von Braun's ish of the hammer May 2016 #55
HeRe's some MoRe FoOd PuTiN. TrY to SenD Me to SiBerA. Sunlei May 2016 #56
not much sense here, sunny boy. ish of the hammer May 2016 #57
I think you do not realize that you just got destroyed uhnope Jun 2016 #65
So, Putin didn't take over Russias entire media last year place it under government authority AND Sunlei May 2016 #44
But Snowden + Greenwald said we're the only country to do this!! Blue_Tires May 2016 #37
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