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by malvosenior 2433 days ago
As I've repeatedly said. It's on those who claim something happened to provide proof that it did. You haven't provided a single link of evidence to support your argument. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and you haven't provided any. Certainly you've seen some data to back up your assertion? I know I haven't but I'm willing to look at anything anyone finds.
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loceng 2433 days ago
My comment was the "link." You're still avoiding engaging with what I'm presenting to you in order to maintain your narrative.

I can't tell if you're just spouting rhetoric or genuinely you aren't able to connect the ideas I'm presenting: do you not believe that mainstream media amplifies whatever news there is? Did you see no "Russia" news? Is that what you're arguing?

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malvosenior 2433 days ago
I'm arguing that the mainstream media made up the Russian story. Not one person has been able to provide any demonstration that the 100k in FB ads that were purchased from Russia (maybe by the government, maybe not) had any impact whatsoever. As someone who's worked in online ads for > 15 years, I will tell you that 100k in ads will not have a national impact. Especially when both other parties are paying hundreds of millions of dollars in marketing.
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malvosenior 2433 days ago
Re: Yang. I think he's a very interesting candidate! He's innovative and providing a fresh perspective. That doesn't have anything to do with the Russian "hacking" myth the media has been pushing full-blast though. $100k of Facebook ads is nothing. I'm 100% sure the media isn't pushing this to help Yang, but instead traditional mainstream politicians like Clinton.
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loceng 2433 days ago
It isn't just "100k of Facebook ads" as you're trying to gate keep the proof point to being.

Respond to every point I make even re: Trump leveraging mainstream media to his advantage.

It's odd, interesting to me, that you're expecting concrete quantitative data, yet trying to use qualitative proof points - while not accepting qualitative proof points that I'm outlining for you.

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malvosenior 2433 days ago
What Trump does with the mainstream media has absolutely nothing to do with so called Russian interference in the election.
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