[ЯealClearPolitics, etc] How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers

[abu afak]

You Love those 'conservative' stories on RealClearPolitucs AND other (pro-Trump) websites.

How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers
The Kremlin-backed outlet has been boosted by a news aggregator dominated by conservative media sites
By Keach Hagey, Emily Glazer and Rob Barry
Oct. 7, 2020
Wall Street Journal

How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers

After 2016, social-media companies tried to limit the reach of RT, as it is now known. Instead, the outlet has been boosted by a news aggregator dominated by conservative publishers, including National Review, The Daily Caller and Newsmax.

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On any given day over the past two years, visitors to the home page of RealClearPolitics were likely to see its famous average of political polls, a roundup of news and center-right commentary—and, near the bottom, a link or two to stories from RT.com.​

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The provenance of the RT headlines was obscured. Readers didn’t immediately know they were clicking on headlines from a Russian state-backed publication that American intelligence officials considered the Kremlin’s “principal international propaganda outlet.” The news organization, once known as Russia Today, was a central player in Russia’s efforts to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election.​

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The U.S. intelligence community’s assessment of the Russian efforts created a backlash against social-media companies, which were accused of providing platforms for a misinformation campaign aimed at influencing voters. Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and others have since implemented changes to limit the reach of state-run media.​

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Yet RT continues to draw a large American audience, helped unwittingly by some of America’s most prominent conservative websites. The reason: Those news outlets agreed to join a distribution network that allows other members’ content to be displayed on their home pages.​

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[BasicHumanUnit]

Versus Communist Chinese influence that infiltrates all of the Lefts news sources

 

[Darkwind]

Interesting. I wonder if you people feel the same way about organizations from left-wing sources interfering with what US readers see, like the UK Guardian and other left-wing outlets?

 

[abu afak]

Interesting. I wonder if you people feel the same way about organizations from left-wing sources interfering with what US readers see, like the UK Guardian and other left-wing outlets?

I don't think Guardian wants to subvert American Democracy
Putin (and his Mole), have already wreaked Havoc on the country.
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[Oddball]