Intelligence officials are once again claiming that Russia is spreading “misinformation” through social media and using unwitting Americans to repeat the “propaganda” they see online.
“The American public should know that content that they read online — especially on social media — could be foreign propaganda, even if it appears to be coming from fellow Americans or originating in the United States,” said an unnamed official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence speaking to reporters.
According to the official, Russia uses websites designed to look like they originate in the U.S. and publish AI-generated content.
The official claimed that the “false” information is then read and spread online via social media by Americans who believe it, and thus becomes part of public discourse.
The Associated Press reported that some of the “Russian misinformation” includes the mainstream belief that radical Democrat rhetoric surrounding former President Donald Trump could have inspired the assassination attempt.
The official did not explain how it has determined that so much information, which appears negative for Democrats, is actually false Russian propaganda. Nor did the AP explain how it could conclude that it was not, in fact, true that extreme Democratic rhetoric may have contributed to the attempt on Trump’s life.
The liberal media outlet also labeled the idea that the Biden administration was involved in the assassination attempt as Russian propaganda.
With these claims, left-wing media outlets, politicians, and officials appear to be recreating a series of media narratives that were projected in both the 2016 and 2020 elections, i.e. that anything harmful to the Democratic National Committee or Democratic politicians is false Russian propaganda
The tactic, which has now become standard election-year strategy for the Democratic Party, was most famously seen following the New York Post’s explosive reporting on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop and the evidence of corruption that device contained.
Almost immediately after the story was published, 51 intelligence agents, including former CIA Director John Brennan, signed a letter falsely claiming that the New York Post’s reporting was Russian misinformation.
In fact, no element of the New York Post’s reporting has ever been debunked or later revealed as inaccurate, and the Department of Justice has corroborated the veracity of the laptop and its connections to President Biden’s son.
The intelligence community also conspired to claim that Trump colluded with Russia in order to steal victory in the 2016 election, claims that have now been largely debunked and are regarded as a fringe, left-wing conspiracy theory.
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The same intelligence officials that claimed Hunters laptop might be Russian disinformation while knowing full well it was real, those officials? It is pretty sad that we can no longer trust what our government says. But they are liars, from the Vietnam war to the coronation of Harris, all lies.
American Marxists have a 4 page playbook.
So that asshole Brennan DIDN’T get to spew his favorite lies down in Damariscotta last week . Great . He’s the quintessential poster boy for government “ disinformation “ . So glad they shut him down. We don’t need his kind here in Maine . Telling non stop lies is the democrat’s way of life .
Just like they do? I think they’ve pretty much worn out the Russia thing. Big Yawn!!!!
Sarah Palin is excoriated and slandered for an ad that a conservative PAC put out that had Democrat districts in crosshairs. Biden is excused for saying President Trump needs to be in the bullseye. Just another example of one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.
They are saying conservatives are Useful Idiots for Russia?
Love the picture used for the article 😂
Why no ID of the guy in photo ? Is he the “Intelligence” ? Photos ought to have credits.