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Playinghardball
Apr 2016
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mooseprime
(474 posts)1. mind-numbing thunder from coincidence theorists in
three...two...one...
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)2. Why would Hillary take down Bernie sites on Facebook?
Far better to leave them up so Bernie supporters can spend hours and hours clicking "Like" instead of leaving the house to go vote.
Tarc
(10,476 posts)3. You'd have a great point, if it wasn't for the fact that this was debunked
As pro-Bernie Facebook groups go offline, conspiracy theories abound
Half a dozen pro-Bernie Sanders Facebook groups suddenly went dark Monday, prompting a flood of conspiracy theories that the sites had been targeted in an act of political dirty pool.
The groups including Bernie Believers, Bernie Sanders is my HERO and Bernie Sanders or Bust are accessible today, the apparent casualty of a non-partisan glitch.
A number of groups were inaccessible for a brief period after one of our automated policies was applied incorrectly, said a Facebook spokesperson. We corrected the problem within hours and are working to improve our tools.
The temporary outage, though, prompted a flood of theories on Reddit, ascribing sinister or partisan motives on the part of Facebook or the Vermont Senators rival, Hillary Clinton.
Politically inconvenient opinions being vaporized from major internet hubs like Facebook and Twitter have been happening for years, asserted one writer, identified as TheClockStrikesXIII.
Half a dozen pro-Bernie Sanders Facebook groups suddenly went dark Monday, prompting a flood of conspiracy theories that the sites had been targeted in an act of political dirty pool.
The groups including Bernie Believers, Bernie Sanders is my HERO and Bernie Sanders or Bust are accessible today, the apparent casualty of a non-partisan glitch.
A number of groups were inaccessible for a brief period after one of our automated policies was applied incorrectly, said a Facebook spokesperson. We corrected the problem within hours and are working to improve our tools.
The temporary outage, though, prompted a flood of theories on Reddit, ascribing sinister or partisan motives on the part of Facebook or the Vermont Senators rival, Hillary Clinton.
Politically inconvenient opinions being vaporized from major internet hubs like Facebook and Twitter have been happening for years, asserted one writer, identified as TheClockStrikesXIII.
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)4. Ofercrissake... come on. You KNOW this has been debunked.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. Pathetic.
Debunked in every way imaginable...yet you persist.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)6. This is crazytalk.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)7. *Were
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)8. Imagine spending $91 million on false advertising.
The Clinton campaign, which went on the air two months earlier than Sanders, has still spent far less on media buys and consulting: nearly $62 million compared with his more than $91 million.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-is-biggest-spender-of-2016-so-far--generating-millions-for-consultants/2016/04/28/600170ce-0cf2-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html?postshare=5931461863463893&tid=ss_tw