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(8,155 posts) Thu May 18, 2017, 03:13 AM May 2017

There's something weird happening with the Seth Rich stories... [View all]

I just happened to be reading a pro-Trump subreddit earlier today (I do it for entertainment) and noticed a bunch of posts about Rich. A few hours ago NPR posted a story calling it a conspiracy theory on Facebook. The comments on NPR posts are usually fairly centrist if not liberal and right-wing comments very rarely get upvoted much. But all of the most upvoted comments for the Rich story are from right-wingers calling NPR hypocrites and suggesting the story is true.

Someone is making a concerted effort to reinvigorate the Rich conspiracy through social media.

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There's something weird happening with the Seth Rich stories... [View all] Gravitycollapse May 2017 OP

They are saying he leaked DNC emails to wikileaks so the investigation applegrove May 2017 #1

That guy's poor family. I saw an uptick on Facebook and twitter. Some of the stuff on twitter airmid May 2017 #4

They are hitting Reddit too, and many appear to be bots. If they think this will distract from the anneboleyn May 2017 #29

Face it. It's all they've got. countryjake May 2017 #2

"Squirrel" senegal1 May 2017 #3

. Egnever May 2017 #5

It's all Russian BS Renew Deal May 2017 #6

Or faux, hannity, breitbart, etc. nt babylonsister May 2017 #8

Oh, I think it'd be appropriate to use the old terms here... JHB May 2017 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author anneboleyn May 2017 #24

This is along the lines of the "Hillary Clinton murdered so-and-so" meme. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #7

Didn't you know Seth Rich has been added to the Clinton body count? nt justiceischeap May 2017 #12

Russian bots or hackers I bet. NT Ilsa May 2017 #9

The hacker who attacked DU yesterday referenced this conspiracy theory. yardwork May 2017 #10

a troll was all over the fb page w it while we were down. mopinko May 2017 #18

It was being spread/retweeted by bots on the first day justiceischeap May 2017 #13

It is an attempt to create a distraction. Adrahil May 2017 #14

They keep forgetting that Trump is president, not Hillary. Pushing the Rich story makes Trump look anneboleyn May 2017 #27

His family mercuryblues May 2017 #15

I was unaware of this story until yesterday and today HuffPo has an article about Vinca May 2017 #16

The awful, posthumous smearing of this fine lad is being furthered by Snarkoleptic May 2017 #17

The whole thing is a hoax, perpetrated by Fox News who planted the story muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #19

I hope the family sues FOX Crap. Madam45for2923 May 2017 #20

Republican TV fox is behind all the fake news crap. Sunlei May 2017 #22

Republican TV fox pushes this fake bullshit along with the usual RW like breibart, twitter.facebook Sunlei May 2017 #21

"Someone is making a concerted effort..." Tarc May 2017 #23

The Russian/Wikileaks paid trolls are posting stories re: Rich on Reddit like mad anneboleyn May 2017 #25

Aw - and there I thought they had gone ahead jmg257 May 2017 #26

I've noticed that's being pushed a lot. xor May 2017 #28