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Experts Say There's 'No Evidence' for Bernie's Russian Bot Claim
With Trump as an opponent, why would we want a candidate who so causally makes up facts or allegations?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/experts-call-bs-on-bernies-russian-bot-theory
Bernie Sanders on Wednesday raised the possibility that social media accounts harassing his critics may, in fact, be Russian bots operating in disguise. But top security officials say they've seen no such activity. The platforms themselves hinted the same. And experts in the field are now saying that the senator's inference may cause harm by eroding trust for when such behavior does, in fact, occur.
When pressed about his supporters attacks on members of the Nevada Culinary Workers Union and its decision not to endorse Sanders signature Medicare for All health care policy, Sanders raised the specter of Russian intelligence activity. He said it wasnt too paranoid to recall Russian meddling in 2016. Im not saying thats happening, but it would not shock me.
The debate night comment marked the second time Sanders has alluded to the possibility of Russian disinformation stoking his online supporters alleged toxicity. In a CNN town hall two days prior, Sanders used a similar variation of the talking point when challenged over the Nevada issue. And I dontyou know, want to be overly paranoid hereis that, you know, we live in a crazy time. And there are a lot of folks out there who do bots and all this other thing. I saw some of those things. And there are people out there who want to divide the progressive movement.
In response to questions from The Daily Beast, Twitter didnt specifically weigh in on whether or not theres evidence to back up the suggestion of Russian involvement in the feud over the Culinary Workers Union. But the company did issue a statement that said its employees proactively monitor Twitter to identify attempts at platform manipulation and mitigate them and that if we have reasonable evidence of state-backed information operations, well disclose them following our thorough investigation to our public archivethe largest of its kind in the industry.
When pressed about his supporters attacks on members of the Nevada Culinary Workers Union and its decision not to endorse Sanders signature Medicare for All health care policy, Sanders raised the specter of Russian intelligence activity. He said it wasnt too paranoid to recall Russian meddling in 2016. Im not saying thats happening, but it would not shock me.
The debate night comment marked the second time Sanders has alluded to the possibility of Russian disinformation stoking his online supporters alleged toxicity. In a CNN town hall two days prior, Sanders used a similar variation of the talking point when challenged over the Nevada issue. And I dontyou know, want to be overly paranoid hereis that, you know, we live in a crazy time. And there are a lot of folks out there who do bots and all this other thing. I saw some of those things. And there are people out there who want to divide the progressive movement.
In response to questions from The Daily Beast, Twitter didnt specifically weigh in on whether or not theres evidence to back up the suggestion of Russian involvement in the feud over the Culinary Workers Union. But the company did issue a statement that said its employees proactively monitor Twitter to identify attempts at platform manipulation and mitigate them and that if we have reasonable evidence of state-backed information operations, well disclose them following our thorough investigation to our public archivethe largest of its kind in the industry.
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Experts Say There's 'No Evidence' for Bernie's Russian Bot Claim (Original Post)
TomCADem
Feb 2020
OP
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rzemanfl
(29,570 posts)2. Have you seen the latest news? n/t
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
apcalc
(4,465 posts)3. Washington post just out with story - US has notified
Sanders that Russia IS helping his campaign.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bernie-sanders-briefed-by-us-officials-that-russia-is-trying-to-help-his-presidential-campaign/2020/02/21/5ad396a6-54bd-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html%3foutputType=amp
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
apcalc
(4,465 posts)4. NOT ANY MORE!!!!! Here's the link:
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)7. Bernie Was Blaming Russia For Bullies Arguing That its...
...not his campaign or supporters.
The new reports are that Bernie is also getting Russian support.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)5. Yesterday's news...
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)6. Logic would say that the Russians would want to HELP Sanders
not hinder, to provide an easy General win for Trump m
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)10. +1, Sanders has no swing state appeal compared to Biden
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OnDoutside
(19,974 posts)12. True, and bear in mind the Republicans haven't even started on him yet.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
still_one
(92,421 posts)8. In fact the WP just reported the Russians are trying to help his campaign
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,644 posts)11. K&R
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden