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Has there been any discussion of possible Russian influence on pundits?? (Original Post)
bobbieinok
Nov 2017
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cpamomfromtexas
(1,245 posts)1. Excellent question
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)2. Hannity no doubt, faux news often has same message as Vlad
Irish_Dem
(47,026 posts)3. I agree, excellent question. Which of them are on the Russian payroll?
Putin gave Russian journalists their orders during the election.
I am sure he must have thought about American journalists as well.
jrthin
(4,835 posts)4. I agree w/everyone here, excellent question. nt
oberliner
(58,724 posts)5. Articles from Russia Today used to be posted here all the time
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
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.
sadiegirl
(138 posts)8. No real need to. It's pretty obvious.
They almost wear a tattoo on their forehead.