US Strategic Command ReTweets Breitbart [View all]

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US Strategic Command (in charge of our nuclear arsenal) sent out a tweet to a Breitbart article titled, “Top General: 'Nearly All Elements of Nuclear Triad outdated."

Stratcom released a weak excuse of this action (see below for quote), but many Twitter users attacked the decision since Breitbart is not an actual news outlet and is being investigated by the FBI.

The Breitbart article writer Kristina Wong defended her work but...

"Wong might not see a problem with Strategic Command’s tweet, but by legitimizing Breitbart, the Department of Defense is normalizing a website that equates feminism with cancer and was recently under fire for running a fake news story about a Muslim mob setting fire to a church in Germany.'
https://thinkprogress.org/us-strategic-command-tweets-breitbart-ae2ad2cbe9cb

Stratcom in a statement on Thursday defending its promotion of a Breitbart article.

"US Strategic Command uses social media and web tools to inform the public about its missions, people and activities," it said.

"We routinely repurpose stories of interest via social media that contain factual and accurate information about the command and its missile sets," Stratcom added.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/327565-twitter-users-jab-stratcom-on-breitbart-link

FBI 'investigating role of Breitbart and other right-wing websites in spreading fake news with bots'

The FBI is reportedly set to investigate right-wing news websites like Breitbart over allegations that they worked with Russian-backed operatives to disseminate stories favouring President Donald Trump.

Investigators are looking into whether agents used online "bots" to disseminate both real and fake news stories which supported the billionaire businessman across social media, at times when his campaign appeared to be struggling.

Sources told US publisher, McClatchy that these strategically timed computer commands created millions of social media posts linking to articles on far-right websites including Breitbart News, InfoWars and the Kremlin-backed RT News and Sputnik News.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-breitbart-investigate-alt-right-wing-websites-fake-news-bots-donald-trump-a7641826.html