Thread by @wickdchiq, Ok here’s the article I wrote on misinformation and particularly how it [...]

Ok here’s the article I wrote on misinformation and particularly how it worked with this push to re-open the economy #cdnmedia #cdnpoli https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/05/13/push-to-reopen-the-economy-fuelled-by-disinformation-political-gaslighting/248065

Push to reopen the economy fuelled by disinformation, political gaslighting

This pandemic is not just a mere inconvenience, it’s literally life and death, yet we have politicians gaslighting us into believing otherwise.

https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/05/13/push-to-reopen-the-economy-fuelled-by-disinformation-political-gaslighting/248065

Donald Trump is not only gaslighting America as had been rightly identified by this @TeenVogue article https://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trump-is-gaslighting-america linked in the first line, through strategic disinformation campaigns he is gaslighting the world esp during #coronavirus #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Profits > People is the society we have gleefully accepted as the norm so it’s not surprising politicians are selling us out for their own interests using disinformation from the WH. But the Russians have had this shit down for a century
#cdnmedia #cdnpoli

The @BuzzFeedNews article was from 2014 and I gotta hand it to them they’ve been on this since then when most of MSM was still trying to figure out social media: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america #cdnmedia #cdnpoli

Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America

The adventures of Russian agents like The Ghost of Marius the Giraffe, Gay Turtle, and Ass — exposed for the first time.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america

Ok I’m back. This is a good report by the US Senate in that it lays out how Russia interferes in the US elections. It came out last month but didn’t get much play because #COVID
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

IRA stands for Internet Research Agency with ties to Putin. Below are excerpts from Vol 2. Number 4 looks interesting. (There are 4 volumes) #cdnpoli #cdnmedia https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures

My critique of MSM is this: they are happy to show us all Trump all the time because ratings, clicks and views however in doing so they are just transcribing his POV instead of challenging his messaging for validity and veracity. This legitimizes his message #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Btw the @APStylebook has guidance on why we shouldn’t use #fakenews in our writings which is why I used quotations #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
https://mobile.twitter.com/apstylebook/status/884843123272232960 https://twitter.com/apstylebook/status/884843123272232960

https://mobile.twitter.com/apstylebook/status/884843123272232960

And here is the taxonomy of Trump’s tweets mentioned in the article:
https://twitter.com/GeorgeLakoff/status/948424436058791937?s=20 #cdnmedia #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/georgelakoff/status/948424436058791937

https://twitter.com/GeorgeLakoff/status/948424436058791937?s=20

Back to re-opening the economy: Here’s a timeline of Trump vs people who want to live #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Yeah. This timing is too convenient to be organic, rather it’s coordinated by money connected to important actors in the White House. #cdnmedia #cdnpoli

The Daily did a good job in making those connections between the Michigan Freedom Fund and Betsy DeVos. Have a listen here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-lockdown-protests.html #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Who’s Organizing the Lockdown Protests?

An informal coalition of influential conservative leaders and groups has been quietly encouraging demonstrations against stay-at-home orders across the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-lockdown-protests.html

Btw that DeVos family is SHADY and GRIMY. Betsy’s baby bro is quite...something. Vox’s Today Explained had an episode abt him. Btw this is the same Betsy that changed Obama’s rules on campus assault investigations to favour the accused #cdnmedia #cdnpoli https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bET1QHdwaEh0YBAXDJmkD

The Prince of Blackwater - Vox

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bET1QHdwaEh0YBAXDJmkD

After these coordinated lockdown protests organized by groups tied to the WH #cdnmedia started asking when were reopening. Do they know that they’re playing into Trumps re-election strategy? He has to rehab the economy to get re-elected by November #cdnpoli

We have not come to the point of controlling this virus and flattening the curve was never supposed to indicate that but as usual without thoughtful analysis messaging and policies are muddled messes of assininity #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Politicians are gaslighting is into believing we’re lazy shits if we dare to apply for CERB, proving that they only care about the well-being of ppl if it’s profitable for them proving once again that profits > people #cdnmedia #cdnpoli

Another group that has been platformed by thirsty media over the years are these damn antivaxxers. There needs to be a critical look at the wellness industrial complex and how it’s been conceptualized as the caretaker for misinformation
#cdnmedia #cdnpoli
https://twitter.com/padams29/status/1263869276622131200?s=21 https://twitter.com/padams29/status/1263869276622131200

https://twitter.com/padams29/status/1263869276622131200?s=21

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