wasn’t solely an issue of not “publicly disclosing their funding sources.” It’s an issue of credibility, transparency, and accountability.
wasn’t solely an issue of not “publicly disclosing their funding sources.” It’s an issue of credibility, transparency, and accountability.
Well, time will tell if they're credible & accountable. Personally I want to give them a chance.
Unclear who the “they” is you’re referencing at this point. I assume you mean the content creators exposed in the original article (not the non-American). Personally, I’ve questioned - literally - the credibility of some of the creators for months now. The Wired article was simply confirmation.
We each evaluate credibility of influencers on our own. This is a daunting task. Even Blue Sky has plenty of liberal imitating MAGA trolls, paid to help MAGA by discouraging ppl from voting Dem--supposedly bc Dems don't 100% agree with the particular issue of the group they pretend 2B a part of.
Yes, I agree with you. At the sake of repetition, what I’ve noticed is the proliferation of “non-American” trolls (for lack of a better term — I’ve mostly interacted w accounts bearing flags of Canada/Scotland/Australia/Ireland). I thought it was random at first. But to your point, they have one
purpose and follow a similar script. They usually pop up in the sillier posts - memes/funny pictures of Trump, yelling at Americans that we don’t care enough about [insert right here]. I say all that to say - I understand the trolling aspect, and that was the reason I commented “classic outsider.”
Those are present. Although most foreign trolls claim to be American.
As to content creators mentioned in the Wired article - yes, unfortunately, I’ve been following / correcting their misinformation since at least… February? (here and on Substack). I won’t write it all out via “skeet” but if you look, you’ll find others have done the same. So, that’s my issue w them.
Please refer me to one of your articles or one by others that cites misinformation spread by Chorus. Thanks.
The reason I ask: I am constantly told by ppl on this site that I am spreading disinfo if I disagree w e.g. the idea that T is the savior of the working class. Most ppl seem to think everything they believe bc they've heard it 1000 times is true & that everything that wd contradict it is false.
Apologies, my failure to respond was not due to lack of interest. I haven’t looked at your posts, but that wasn’t my impression (FWIW). Ppl here tell me I’m bot. I think we prob. agree more than we disagree. You appear to be an expert on disinfo, so I’d defer to you on the subject (I’m here to
connect w/learn from smart ppl!) I judge credibility on a case by case basis usually. I’m a lawyer- I need facts supported by evidence. I like to think I can see when facts are manipulated for a purpose… or embellished for clickbait purposes. Drives me crazy, for exactly the reason you stated.