rubl
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Post by rubl on Aug 29, 2016 19:14:47 GMT 7
Interesting read "A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories STOCKHOLM — With a vigorous national debate underway on whether Sweden should enter a military partnership with NATO, officials in Stockholm suddenly encountered an unsettling problem: a flood of distorted and outright false information on social media, confusing public perceptions of the issue. The claims were alarming: If Sweden, a non-NATO member, signed the deal, the alliance would stockpile secret nuclear weapons on Swedish soil; NATO could attack Russia from Sweden without government approval; NATO soldiers, immune from prosecution, could rape Swedish women without fear of criminal charges. They were all false, but the disinformation had begun spilling into the traditional news media, and as the defense minister, Peter Hultqvist, traveled the country to promote the pact in speeches and town hall meetings, he was repeatedly grilled about the bogus stories." www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html
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Post by thatguy on Aug 29, 2016 19:35:32 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 22:08:52 GMT 7
A Republican was telling me yesterday that the Russians have started releasing Clinton's emails - I haven't seen it anywhere, but they swear it's true.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Aug 31, 2016 22:27:41 GMT 7
Thank the lawd for small mercies, at least I can watch, RT, Al Jazzera and CCTV, our colonial cousins are stuck with red neck news.
Anyway, in the event of a sonic attack, follow these simple rules.
Dont forget if you cant mask in 9 you are ferked.
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Post by thatguy on Sept 1, 2016 15:02:05 GMT 7
It's the post-factual era. Truth by consensus. If you can persuade enough people something is true, then it is.
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