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Has there been any discussion of possible Russian influence on pundits?? (Original Post) bobbieinok Nov 2017 OP
Excellent question cpamomfromtexas Nov 2017 #1
Hannity no doubt, faux news often has same message as Vlad uponit7771 Nov 2017 #2
I agree, excellent question. Which of them are on the Russian payroll? Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #3
I agree w/everyone here, excellent question. nt jrthin Nov 2017 #4
Articles from Russia Today used to be posted here all the time oberliner Nov 2017 #5
+1 dalton99a Nov 2017 #6
I wonder about Stephen Cohen at the Nation Bradshaw3 Nov 2017 #7
No real need to. It's pretty obvious. sadiegirl Nov 2017 #8

Irish_Dem

(47,026 posts)
3. I agree, excellent question. Which of them are on the Russian payroll?
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 11:22 AM
Nov 2017

Putin gave Russian journalists their orders during the election.
I am sure he must have thought about American journalists as well.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. Articles from Russia Today used to be posted here all the time
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 12:02 PM
Nov 2017

And when people got called out on it, they became very defensive.

Bradshaw3

(7,517 posts)
7. I wonder about Stephen Cohen at the Nation
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 01:13 PM
Nov 2017

This is a good question. The Nation has posted at least two articles questioning the whole Russia influence on our election issue, basically with specious info on bandwidth. Cohen's involvement with Russia goes back decades, and he basically considered a Putin apologist at this point.

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