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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: Russian-funded Facebook ads backed Stein, Sanders and Trump [View all]Ilsa
(64,295 posts)31. Good questions. I'm not sure if twitter/facebook
frequency would cause a major media outlet to pursue a story, but I remember hearing this story on tv, perhaps as a "as reported by twitter" type of headline.
I don't think the ads have to be direct ads, just minutiae to plant seeds of doubt, maybe even subconsciously, about some narrow aspect of HRC's campaign.
I doubt anyone would own up to allowing an ad to persuade their vote. But studies show that hammering a subject with negative ads has an impact: people will eventually accept some part of it as true due to cognitive fatigue. The brain just can't sort through all of it.
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Breaking: Russian-funded Facebook ads backed Stein, Sanders and Trump [View all]
kstewart33
Sep 2017
OP
Exactly, they perceived ANYTHING that helped either Sanders or Stein, HURT Hillary and they were
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#52
I saw and ignored them and i didnt let it distract me from voting for the party nom
Fullduplexxx
Sep 2017
#54
Facebook put the rubles in the bank. Hope this ends Presidential aspirations for Zuckerberg.
sarcasmo
Sep 2017
#2
And none name names. These are obvious bots all forgetting the same link in the same instant, so
L. Coyote
Sep 2017
#41
Ha ha ha! To think of the people who doubted it when it was speculated. Jackasses.
Stand and Fight
Sep 2017
#14
So what's the 'modus operendi' behind this ''revelation" ? More decisiveness for progressives?
YOHABLO
Sep 2017
#19
allowing money to rule politics is the biggest reason for the russian interference
mdbl
Sep 2017
#25
I think they invented the 'Comes With Republican Fascist Clown Leader Special' just for us. n/t
crosinski
Sep 2017
#62
"There is no indication Stein, Sanders or Trump was aware of the advertisements,"
lindysalsagal
Sep 2017
#63