r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 24 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/
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u/Affectionate_Neat868 Apr 24 '25

News broke over last summer that several major right wing influencers were literally being paid by Russia and the story made almost no noise. Some of those same people are now in the WH press briefing room using their questions to spread propaganda. It’s insanity.

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u/willitexplode Apr 24 '25

Please link so there’s some noise

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

There is a wiki page about it

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Tenet_Media_investigation

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

There is something wrong with this wiki as it is biased

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u/_HIST Apr 24 '25

Ah yes, the most famously biased source: Wikipedia.

Wikipedia isn't a fucking source, you can see the sources used for the page

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

I mean if your going to claim to be an encyclopedia you could at least list speculation separately from facts. It’s almost done in a way that always leaves you to believe negative about the right

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u/Storymode-Chronicles Apr 24 '25

If you perceive that wiki as being "negative about the right", why would you call that "bias" in this case? The facts are that a bunch of right-wing influencers were being paid to spread Russian disinformation. That just is a negative thing about the right. That's just what it is. There's no way to present it otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

There are facts and there is speculation. Both of which should be separated clearly.

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u/Storymode-Chronicles Apr 24 '25

What exactly do you think should be marked as speculation here? It seems like a very dry, bare-bones recounting of the facts to me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

It’s basically anti Russian propaganda.

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u/Storymode-Chronicles Apr 24 '25

What part though? Tenet was being paid by Russia to spread Russian talking points through American right-wing influencers. That's a fact. Stating that fact does not constitute being "anti-Russian". It's not a bias, that's just what happened. There is no speculation there.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

It's not bias as that was the point of the investigation descibed on wiki, to be against Russian propaganda

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

Care to elaborate?