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Moon of Alabama calls BS on the "Russian influence" ads on FaceBook. "Lunacy." Moon of Alabama"Russian Ads" On Facebook? A Click-Bait Campaign b

Moon of Alabama explains how ridiculous, but dangerous for democracy nevertheless, the "Russian influence" media mania has become. He speculates felicitously that perhaps Putin is funding it to make the US look weak and Russia strong. Looking from the outside the U.S. media have simply gone nuts. There seems to be no other way to explain the silliness of their "reporting". Then again: Could they all be under Russian influence? Are Russian secret services paying for such stories? Consider...

The “Field of Dreams” slogan for America’s NGOs should be: “If you pay for it, we will come.” And right now, tens of millions of dollars are flowing to non-governmental organizations if they will buttress the thesis of Russian “meddling” in the U.S. democratic process no matter how sloppy the “research” or how absurd the “findings.” And, if you think the pillars of the U.S. mainstream media – The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and others – will apply some quality controls, you...

This official story was explosive for obvious reasons, and predictably triggered instant decrees – that of course went viral – declaring that the legitimacy of the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now in doubt....They were one small step away from demanding that the election results be nullified, indulging the sentiment expressed by #Resistance icon Carl Reiner the other day: “Is there anything more exciting that the possibility of Trump’s election being invalidated &...

Head shaker. Zero HedgeIn Stunning Reversal, DHS Says Russians Were Not Behind Attempted Wisconsin Vote HackingTyler Durden

Moon of Alabama trashes Russiagate and the US Russophobic propaganda campaign. There is no "there" there.Propaganda is effective, however. For example, on January 7, 2015, The Hill cited a Fairleigh Dickinson University's Public Mind poll showing that 42% of American erroneously believed that Saddam's WMD had been discovered. 19% erroneously believed that Obama was not an American citizen.It's the effect of propaganda that counts and propaganda is difficult to debunk in the minds of many...

Much is being made about the ostensibly omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent Russian propaganda machine. In the Western view, it decides Western elections and threatens the ‘global liberal order’. In fact, an anti-Putin media organ has published a comparison of the resources devoted to propaganda or ‘strategic communications (stratcomm) by Russian and just the US (excluding European) governments. It demonstrates that the American propaganda machine alone is approximately 3-4 times more...

That was quick. Less than a week after Facebook agreed to turn over to Congressional investigators copies of the 3,000-odd political advertisements that the company said it had inadvertently sold to a Russia-linked group intent on meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the contents of the ads have – unsurprisingly – leaked, just as we had expected them to. No smoking gun. Zero HedgeLeaked Descriptions Of Infamous "Russia Ads" Derail Collusion Narrative "They Showed Support For...

Hey, if "POTUS is a Kremlin stooge" is working for you, why not claim everyone that disagrees with you is, too? Russia InsiderClinton Attack Group: 2nd Largest US News Site (Drudge) is Kremlin Stooge Patrick FlemingOh, wait. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more bizarre.Zero HedgeFormer Congressman [Tancredo] Warns That Foreign Countries Could Bribe The Feds To "Regulate Drudge"Tyler Durden

The former director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said an assessment by the US intelligence community on Russia's US election interference "cast doubt" on President Donald Trump's legitimacy. Clapper's comments follow an avalanche of recent news about Russia's efforts to sway American voters in 2016. The Russia investigation has gained significant momentum in recent weeks, with several current and former Trump insiders under scrutiny for their ties to, and contacts with Russian...