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Nevilledog

(51,080 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:32 AM Oct 2020

The NYT has embedded a tweet from a widely discredited right-wing disinfo merchant in an article.



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Nick Martin
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The @nytimes has embedded a tweet from a widely discredited right-wing disinfo merchant in one of its articles. The tweet includes a video that he just reposted from someone else, like he always does. https://nyti.ms/3jAro4E
Screenshot of tweet embedded in New York Times article.
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The NYT has embedded a tweet from a widely discredited right-wing disinfo merchant in an article. (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2020 OP
That is exactly how the Kremlin dirties up a factually correct article. Budi Oct 2020 #1
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
1. That is exactly how the Kremlin dirties up a factually correct article.
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:37 AM
Oct 2020

They capture the average reader & add in a line of propaganda. This is one of the tools of disinfo they commonly use.

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