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kcr

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90. Wrong.

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #44)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 12:29 PM

Mar 2017

Oh, so so wrong. DU was thick with it, just like everywhere on the internet.

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The Bernie Sanders Campaign Faced A Fake News Tsunami. Where Did It Come From? [View all] still_one Mar 2017 OP

...yeah, Bernie's campaign was the one done in by fake news... Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1

That's not what the article says. Not at all. It's about Sanders FB pages getting trolled KittyWampus Mar 2017 #4

It does sort of make it sound like Bernie WhiteTara Mar 2017 #7

they changed the headline-- original was misleading Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #65

Where is the evidence for your 2nd statement, please. And what specific "obsession" are you JudyM Mar 2017 #39

Read the article BainsBane Mar 2017 #56

Yep - I'll guarantee it happened on Stein sites too. It needs to all come out. nt pkdu Mar 2017 #2

You talking about the Jill Stein who was seated at the same Vladimir Putin banquet table calimary Mar 2017 #23

Yes that Jill Stein...and this one.. pkdu Mar 2017 #26

Jill Stein was/is a Putin Troll also JI7 Mar 2017 #29

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2017 #68

It was disgusting ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #3

K&R sheshe2 Mar 2017 #5

We saw exactly this on DU. yardwork Mar 2017 #6

This site was overrun with it wysi Mar 2017 #50

Yep - the fake news was aimed at Bernie supporters, and so many took the bait. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2017 #51

I was saying some of the anti-hillary posts were not true Bernie supporters. I said they were paid. applegrove Mar 2017 #8

Keeping the Bernie and Hillary camps at eachother's throats was just... Beartracks Mar 2017 #11

Oh the trouble makers were doing a practice run on feminism and racism as beta tests applegrove Mar 2017 #17

And a lot of the anti-Bernie posts, to this day, on this site are paid, too. TransitJohn Mar 2017 #22

I do not see the same level of propaganda directed at Bernie than was applegrove Mar 2017 #25

it was anti hillary propaganda directed at Sanders supporters JI7 Mar 2017 #28

Which resulted in many real Bernie supporters jumping in and slurring Hillary with the same false applegrove Mar 2017 #30

That's bullshit. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #44

That's demonstrably untrue. Many DUers bought & spread it. JPR folks stevenleser Mar 2017 #48

I remember one mercuryblues Mar 2017 #52

Sorry, can't type. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #72

Whataboutism won't help your wrong contention be right. Almost a nice try. nt stevenleser Mar 2017 #78

Oh Yes there was. fun n serious Mar 2017 #53

Um....one highly-respected DUer peddled the shit that Bill Clinton was a pedophile. msanthrope Mar 2017 #82

As a person who cohosted with you, I strongly disagree. yardwork Mar 2017 #84

Wrong. kcr Mar 2017 #90

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2017 #69

Please direct us to who would pay for anti-Bernie posts. I'll save you the trouble stevenleser Mar 2017 #79

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #36

K&R brer cat Mar 2017 #9

Makes sense. If you were working to elect Trump, you'd certainly want... Beartracks Mar 2017 #10

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #37

The truth needs to come out. butdiduvote Mar 2017 #12

I saw plenty of abuse coming from both sides here on the DU and the Bernie and Hillary forums cstanleytech Mar 2017 #21

Not just in past tense here, either. JudyM Mar 2017 #40

Aye, its why I still avoid them because as I said the hosts dont really do anything to reign it in cstanleytech Mar 2017 #71

Absolutely. Ligyron Mar 2017 #45

That's another whataboutism response that avoids the issue of the election that gave us Trump and stevenleser Mar 2017 #80

They must not have seen what happened to aclinton over the last thirty years. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #13

Wonder what the DU handles were??? Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #14

Sad that people lapped that stuff up like gospel. Starry Messenger Mar 2017 #15

K and R BadgerMom Mar 2017 #16

K&R betsuni Mar 2017 #18

God Damn you fucking Russians for sowing discord... SHRED Mar 2017 #19

They sure did. calimary Mar 2017 #24

Plenty of discord continues to be sown here. We can't put it behind us if some keep ripping it open. JudyM Mar 2017 #42

God damn the ones who couldn't put that aside and unite behind the nominee. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #27

many of them are the same ones who shit on Obama during his presidency JI7 Mar 2017 #31

Yes....the concern trolling of the President was merely a racist precedent msanthrope Mar 2017 #32

K & R FailureToCommunicate Mar 2017 #20

Interesting point in this article: Those pro-Bernie people who pointed this out were shunned oberliner Mar 2017 #33

Yes they were. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #35

JI7 above is a prime example of someone who at one point said, wait a minute stevenleser Mar 2017 #49

True, but she then got derailed here also Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #54

Yes but we don't know why. We know why she was bundled off JPR and attacked by other Bernie fans. nt stevenleser Mar 2017 #81

exactly... I saw this in action myself to a lesser degree Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #66

Some of them are still delusional. Look at what Tim Canova tweeted seaglass Mar 2017 #34

Sour grapes. BainsBane Mar 2017 #57

Sanders supporters are way tuned-in to be fooled by fake news... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #38

Disagree. It's reporting a factual investigation. It may raise discomfort but we ought to be able JudyM Mar 2017 #41

Have you seen JPR? BainsBane Mar 2017 #58

No, I don't go to JPR... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #61

That the primary was stolen from Bernie BainsBane Mar 2017 #63

Well, the DNC did... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #64

Case in point. BainsBane Mar 2017 #67

I'm bookmarking the OP so I can reference this comment. betsuni Mar 2017 #73

You don't have to look far BainsBane Mar 2017 #75

Happy that my closest Bernie friends .... LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #76

The millions more who voted for Hillary in the primary had nothing to do with the DNC stevenleser Mar 2017 #87

Well, it really is to bad that.... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #89

Agreed, but she faced two different kinds of election fraud and still won the popular vote. stevenleser Mar 2017 #91

Absolutely correct... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #92

And i do not believe Hillary was a "terrible" candidate but she was painted as one. nikibatts Mar 2017 #60

There were two kinds of election fraud perpetrated against her and she still won the popular vote stevenleser Mar 2017 #85

Kick and Rec LiberalLovinLug Mar 2017 #43

Indeed. warmfeet Mar 2017 #46

Yup Leith Mar 2017 #47

Two things BainsBane Mar 2017 #59

I worked with former Sanders' voters who volunteered lapucelle Mar 2017 #77

K&R Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #55

Huh who would have known? 4bucksagallon Mar 2017 #62

You worked hard to avoid the point of the article BainsBane Mar 2017 #74

Lots of folks don't want to take responsibility for being duped by Russian engineered agitprop. stevenleser Mar 2017 #83

If they don't face it BainsBane Mar 2017 #86

If Bernie had been nominated, the "fake news" would have been replaced by REAL oppo... brooklynite Mar 2017 #88

I noticed this during the election Dopers_Greed Mar 2017 #70