James Gleick

The covert Russian influence campaign code-named “Doppelgänger” is a vast scandal, the dimensions of which are only beginning to be revealed. Paid propagandists, witting and unwitting, include “television and radio hosts, politicians, bloggers, journalists, businessmen, professors, think-tank analysts, veterans, professors, and comedians.” (Hello, Tucker Carlson.)

Here is Heather Cox Richardson:

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-6-2024?r=g7z5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

September 6, 2024

One of the things that came to light on Wednesday, in the paperwork the Justice Department unveiled to explain its seizure of 32 internet domains being used by Russian agents in foreign malign influence campaigns, was that the six right-wing U.S.

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Show threadBruno NicolettiSep 7, 2024
@gleick My guess is that the response among many will be to embrace the subversion. “Better Putin than Kamala!”, or some such. The subversion is terrifying enough.
Show threadDrewSep 7, 2024
@gleick "Unwitting" is putting it very generously. I feel some sympathy for the audience confused by fake media, but I have none for these shills who try to hide behind their implausible deniability when found out.