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Spicer lied...again
http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/30/evelyn-farkas-leak/
Nothing said or repeated by Evelyn Farkas on 2 March 2017 was novel or ostensibly more revealing than the New York Times article published just before her interview, and Farkas described the actions of Washington operatives (not President Obama) to preserve extant intelligence about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election (not to spy on Donald Trump).
Eliot Rosewater
(31,122 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)which has all the earmarks of Russian cyber warfare disinformation.
Rightwing media devotees know exactly what Spicer is talking about, and it barely gets a mention in traditional, professional media - which is then called a 'cover-up' and 'whitewash' again by the rightwing media.
This is an example of taking a germ or kernel of truth and turning it upside down to create a fictional narrative.
Hillary supporters are well aware how it works.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)they've had decades' worth of practice
and the fools for scandal fall for it almost every time
https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Scandal-Media-Invented-Whitewater/dp/1879957523
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)The internet has changed everything.
Now they can disseminate falsehoods in the blink of an eye, get it trending and viral across social media, and we have an 'alternative reality' in an unbreakable bubble.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)No charles black here, but this is truly a vile gathering of dead souls
the eyes! especially stone's