The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
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The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
As Trump wins Florida and other key states, news outlets report it as if it were a Greek tragedy. Not only does Trump win, but Republicans also end up holding on to a majority in the Senate. And although double-digit gains by Democrats were widely predicted for the House of Representatives, they pick up only six seats; the GOP retains a strong
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the end, Blumenthal’s efforts don’t get Hillary to the White House in 2008. And they come back to haunt him when Obama ends up president. Obama appoints Hillary as secretary of state and she wants Blumenthal to be one of her top aides. But high-ranking Obama officials threaten to quit if Blumenthal is allowed into the administration after what he’s
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Plainly speaking, astroturf is when political, corporate, or other special interests disguise themselves and try to represent their causes as being genuine groundswells of support by ordinary people.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
it’s clear that liberals, who are first to heavily promote the phrase “fake news,” mean to reference conservative misinformation and right-wing websites. And there’s certainly plenty of that. Agence France-Presse declares matter-of-factly that it’s the right wing that’s guilty of fake news, and that Obama has been plagued by eight years of “false
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“The need for alternative sources of information and independent reporting has never been greater,” he says in a statement. It’s unclear how Blue Nation Review could possibly qualify under any definition of “independent” reporting.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Later, a Democrat operative captured on undercover video by the conservative “Project Veritas” describes how party officials had trained and organized agents to attend Trump rallies and then bait Trump supporters into lashing out, knowing the media would smear Trump when it happened.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Despite the public assault by Univision and many other pro-illegal-immigrant interests, Trump doesn’t back off his get-tough talk. As he refuses to follow the normal Republican script of retreat and mea culpa, many voters view his approach as refreshing; one of strength and conviction.
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an echo chamber conferring worth to an essentially worthless story. A few reporters in newsrooms around Washington and New York would state the obvious, that there are better, more important stories to devote ink to.
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The media widely reports bogus witness accounts of Brown getting shot