The BBC’s montage at the end of today’s coverage of the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
— John Aburn #GodSaveTheKing (@MrJohnAburn) September 19, 2022
Moving, powerful, emotional and historic.pic.twitter.com/q6Ppj0e2RV
high profile guests spotted at the queen’s funeral: pic.twitter.com/2ZpW0eBwhH
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) September 19, 2022
Beautiful to see Cartonlima Emma the fell pony from the Murthwaite stud in the Howgills at the funeral of HRH The Queen today. pic.twitter.com/ViITFhKIBA
— Andrea Meanwell (@ruslandvalley) September 19, 2022
Meghan McCaine is getting ratioed for this idiotic remark:BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
— Politics For You (@PoIitico4You) September 19, 2022
Meghan Markle condemned after Queen’s funeral for reason British press have not yet decided. pic.twitter.com/S4vfskzPvn
Just curious why our President and First Lady were basically in the nose bleed section of the Queens funeral…
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) September 20, 2022
The Pres and Dr Jill sat back in the 14th row at the Queens funeral -b/c they got stuck in traffic and were late. CNBC
— Michael Grossman (@MichaelArt123) September 19, 2022
And this explains a lot, doesn't it:The ironic thing about Trump saying he would’ve had a better seat at the Queen’s funeral than Biden is that he wasn’t even invited LOL
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) September 19, 2022
But of course the REALLY important news of the day was the video of Trudeau singing in a hotel lobby lounge last Saturday night.Read this...
— Mark Stephens (@MarksLarks) September 17, 2022
A coordinated campaign of targeted harassment of Meghan on Twitter — 114,000 tweets from just 83 accounts using their combined 187,631 followers are responsible for approximately 70% of the negative and often hateful content about Meghan.https://t.co/8lAq1BkIFa
As Chantal Hebert has rightly asked: "And?"#CdnMediaFailed#ISingWithTrudeau
— Skipjack Rabbit (@Elizabe82475682) September 19, 2022
I feel very privileged to live in a country where the most controversial thing to have happened today is footage of the prime minister singing on Saturday night with a Quebec icon in the lobby of a hotel while in London for the Queen’s funeral. #perspective
— Althia Raj (@althiaraj) September 20, 2022
I do because I thought he was actually pretty good, and now I want the next election debate to be a sing-off.
— Jackie Blue (@MsFuddleDuddle) September 19, 2022
Trudeau singing the Queen songbook vs. Poilievre singing, uh... Ted Nugent or Kid Rock or whatever other washed-up musicians vote MAGA.
Hmmm...While PMJT sang at a piano bar … this was happening at Trump’s Saturday rally. Can we get our rage priorities straight? #IStandWithTrudeau #NeverVoteConservative #CdnMediaFailed pic.twitter.com/KedSn8QzmD
— JanineGio- a neverCONservative Albertan (@janjette) September 19, 2022
I wonder how much Canada has also been affected by this global Russian anti-democracy campaign:I’ve never seen so many single digit new troll accounts attacking the Prime Minister. It’s like the conservatives have hired foreign scam farms to create a bunch of fake accounts to troll liberals. It’s really weird. I’ve never seen anything like it.
— PoliticalCupid for PM (@PoliticalCupid) September 20, 2022
The link to the Washington Post article is here - this is a gift article from my WP subscription: Russia spent millions on secret global political campaign, U.S. intelligence findsAnd we can praise Zelensky and Ukrainians for exposing Putins greed! We all have a lot at stake, but the Ukrainians have sacrificed the highest price. The entire world owes Ukrainia more than ever imaginable for our freedoms!
— Weinit Deep (@tripleog49) September 13, 2022
Slava Ukrainia!🇺🇦💪
And here's what I'm afraid might happen next as Ukraine continues to push Russia out of its territory:Look at the hole that appears around July 11 in the south eastern territory. Growing and sold. Not a good sign for Russia. https://t.co/ARzIch3dp5
— Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) September 19, 2022
The link to the New York Times article is here - this is a gift article from my NYT subscription: Biden Warns Russia, Facing Losses, Against Using Unconventional WeaponsSome Western officials have expressed concern that the more cornered Mr. Putin feels, the greater the chance that he might turn to an unconventional weapon like a tactical or low-yield nuclear weapon. https://t.co/Ems9LRZNtf
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 18, 2022
2 comments:
The campaign against Markle is an example of the Russian propaganda technique known as the "firehose of falsehoods" or what Steve Bannon calls "flooding the zone with bullshit" - 114,000 tweets from just 83 accounts accounting for 70% of the negative content. The Trudeau Bohemian Rhapsody story is another example, one that was picked up and amplified by the CBC and other major media who ought to know better.
Conservatives, often aided by Russia, are making use of the firehose of falsehood and it's been remarkably successful at shaping public opinion around climate change, Brexit, QAnon and MAGA.
The RAND Corporation analyzed the technique and concluded that we cant "expect to counter Russia's firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth." Instead, they recommend putting "raincoats on those at whom the firehose is aimed." That means getting the truth out much faster and amplifying it through a wide variety of credible channels. To see a master at work, watch Zelenskii. The Ukrainians have been hugely successful in shaping world opinion despite the barrage of bullshit coming from Russia. The Libs will have to learn from this if they want to counter PP's disinformation.
Cap
Yes, Zelensky is an incredibly effective communicator isn't he. Also, he must have a great team writing for him who really know his voice and understand the importance of having a consistent message.
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