[swed420]

Agreed. The manipulation became obvious with the capital fueled shareblue / "correct the record" campaign from Dems years ago and has only gotten worse since.

The stated purpose of CTR was to defend against Trump, but it was of course also abused to help sabotage Sanders. A tool like this will always be abused to perpetually elevate capital interests over human interests.

Whatever solution everybody jumps to, it needs to somehow prevent this behavior because it's not going to stop on its own.

[tomrod]

Is this "CTR" from the world of alternative facts, or a real thing?

[sircastor]

I can’t speak to what the GP is talking about here, but Correct The Record was a SuperPAC whose purpose was to “…fight online harassment aimed at Clinton and her supporters by staying positive.”

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/correct...

[tomrod]

Appreciate it. So it's a "nothingburger" to borrow parlance!

[swed420]

Looks like you got to the bottom of it. Good luck with your "democracy."

[tomrod]

Hey, thanks! She's got some leaks and is showing her age, but we genuinely do love this old ship.

[swed420]

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/04/if-you-want-solid-evi...

Not the "nothingburger" establishment Dems like to claim.