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IMPORTANT: how GOP billionaires influence what we all talk about. First, billionaire-funded groups organize protests. (see thread)
Then, Fox and rightwing media amplify the astroturfed protests.
And then, our centrist media talks about protests.
Don’t get fooled. #FoxNewsLies. https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/1251497219628445696
Then, Fox and rightwing media amplify the astroturfed protests.
And then, our centrist media talks about protests.
Don’t get fooled. #FoxNewsLies. https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/1251497219628445696
DeVos-linked (billionaire-funded) groups organized these protests. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/far-right-coronavirus-protests-restrictions
And here’s a great article about how we all get talking about this BS.
“You’re watching Fox News. You just don’t know it.”
(Fox did the same thing with the caravan- remember that? And Ebola. And Benghazi.) https://www.vox.com/2019/5/24/18639159/fox-news-hack-gap-gatekeeping
“You’re watching Fox News. You just don’t know it.”
(Fox did the same thing with the caravan- remember that? And Ebola. And Benghazi.) https://www.vox.com/2019/5/24/18639159/fox-news-hack-gap-gatekeeping
The caravan and Ebola both were amplified by Fox to scare the GOP base to drive up turnout in the 2014 and 2018 midterms. The Murdoch family uses Fox to help their pro-billionaire, Republican agenda.
Let’s stop being fooled, journalists. Don’t let the Murdochs hack your minds.
Let’s stop being fooled, journalists. Don’t let the Murdochs hack your minds.
Another great explainer about the “hack gap”. Rightwing media lies and there is no left wing equivalent lying propaganda press, so the centrist press ends up talking about the rightwing lies. Above from @gaywonk, this from @mattyglesias. https://www.vox.com/2018/10/23/18004478/hack-gap-explained
A little bit more color on how this is like the Tea Party, and how it builds off enemies the rightwing press already demonizes.
#DontGetFooled by protests pushed by Fox, everyone. https://twitter.com/Econ_Marshall/status/1251508265067745280
#DontGetFooled by protests pushed by Fox, everyone. https://twitter.com/Econ_Marshall/status/1251508265067745280
The "Reopen X state" websites are all the work of a single person. https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/1251674241927311361
Will Bunch with a great piece.
#DontGetFooled journalists (and everyone!) https://twitter.com/Will_Bunch/status/1251942344896757766
#DontGetFooled journalists (and everyone!) https://twitter.com/Will_Bunch/status/1251942344896757766
"The TV news ecosystem is so broken." https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/1252073318892531713
"Far-right activists are behind some Facebook groups pushing anti-quarantine rallies, showing that protests are being engineered" https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1252026232914444289
The good news is that many smart journalists and media watchers are calling out the deception. Take heart! https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1252094555027058689?s=20
The right weaponizes the media to get them to discuss what the right wants.
That’s due to @mattyglesias’ “hack gap”— the lying rightwing media with no balancing equivalent on the left. https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1252269286619525120
That’s due to @mattyglesias’ “hack gap”— the lying rightwing media with no balancing equivalent on the left. https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1252269286619525120
"The Facebook groups target Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, and they appear to be the work of Ben Dorr, the political director of a group called “Minnesota Gun Rights,” and his siblings" https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1252249472572116992
One anonymous GOP mega-donor in Wisconsin has pledged money to the protests.
(I’m just gonna keep adding to this thread as I see tweets about artificial amplification of these protests.) https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1252242368746729472?s=20
(I’m just gonna keep adding to this thread as I see tweets about artificial amplification of these protests.) https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1252242368746729472?s=20
