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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 12:34 PM Aug 2016

Your daily dose of Trump-propaganda on Russia Today

https://www.rt.com/usa/356309-trump-manager-clinton-ukraine/

Headline: That sleazy guy Manafort has ties to Clinton!

Article: Russia Today is tying Manafort to Clinton, because Manafort used to work for the lobbyist Podesta Group, whose chairman is a bigwig in her campaign. The article also mentions that Manafort at the same time worked for a lobbyist group with connections to Mitt romney, but that didn't fit into the headline.


What's not in the article?
"Ukraine’s current government, which goes back to the US-backed February 2014 coup that overthrew President Viktor Yanukovich, has claimed that Manafort had pocketed more than $12 million as a lobbyist and consultant for the “pro-Russian regime.”"

"pocketed" - What a nice word. It allows the author the hide that Manafort wasn't paid $12 million in a regular manner but from a bribery-fund. RT-readers need not concern themselves with such trivialities.

(And "US-backed"? Russia is still pissed that half of Ukraine never liked them.)
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Your daily dose of Trump-propaganda on Russia Today (Original Post) DetlefK Aug 2016 OP
Tony Podesta is chairman of the Podesta Group, not John Podesta. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #1

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
1. Tony Podesta is chairman of the Podesta Group, not John Podesta.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 01:01 PM
Aug 2016

It is John Podesta who works for the Clinton campaign, not Tony. They are brothers, and I am sure the Trumpsters will use that, but it is inaccurate to link the Podesta Group to the Clinton campaign.

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