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Russia used mainstream media to manipulate American voters The…
Russia used mainstream media to manipulate American voters
The Washington Post
Analysis by Jonathan Albright
"Fake news" by the campaign has been miscast
Sent by Russian accounts
Russia's use of social media to influence the American election
The Russians enhanced the credibity of their accounts
Easier to manipulate the audience
Highlight themes and developments
To support Donald Trump and to make Hillary Clinton less powerful
Devoted to promoting local news
In 30 major cities : San Fransico, Boston, Houston...
Popular accounts
Advertise Trump’s gains in the polls
The occasional promotion of outright falsehoods from obscure sites
Goal : to cause debate and pushing politically active people away from the center
Insights into the timing: sudden and great increase of tweets
Eg: After Clinton stumbled in New York on Sept. 11 while battling pneumonia
Sickly, dishonest criminal under investigation by the FBI
Trump : respected leader
E.g. "Amelie Baldwin" account