2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPOLITICSBUSTED: Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million on Social Media Trolls
A Super PAC headed by a longtime Clinton operative is spending $1 million to hire online trolls to correct Bernie Sanders supporters on social media.
Correct The Record (CTR), which is operated by Clinton attack dog and new owner of Blue Nation Review David Brock, launched a new initiative this week called Barrier Breakers 2016 for the purpose of debating supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders or Bernie Bros, as theyre referred to in Correct the Records press official release on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and other social media platforms.
The Barrier Breakers will also publicly thank Hillary Clintons superdelegates and fans for supporting her campaign. The paid trolls are professional communicators, coming from public relations and media backgrounds.
The task force staffs backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize, CTR stated.
more: http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-super-pac-busted/
Squinch
(50,955 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Admiral Loinpresser
(3,859 posts)PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Honesty has a bias for the bern.
Peregrine Took
(7,415 posts)Admiral Loinpresser
(3,859 posts)rickford66
(5,524 posts)Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)for since sometime last year. They are very visible on twitter and seem able to shape the media narrative by pushing memes through different networks, many involving journalists. My suspicion is that Brock may have also been planting fake Bernie supporters to create a narrative about mean they are and how negative the campaign is. But most of the negativity is coming from Correct the Record, which allows Hillary to keep her distance from a nasty attack while alluding to them in a more polite way on the campaign trail. It's all carefully choreographed.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)I'm up to almost $50.00 in the nearly 2 years of posting here.
I'M SERIOUZZ!
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)Among the many Hillary Clinton supporters attacked online, superdelegates have been subject to vicious attacks for supporting her. Even the director of MoveOn, which has endorsed Sen. Sanders, denounced this harassment.
In response to these attacks on supporters and superdelegates, Correct The Record is launching the Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force. While Hillary Clinton fights to break down barriers and bring America together, the Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force will serve as a resource for supporters looking for positive content and push-back to share with their online progressive communities, as well as thanking prominent supporters and committed superdelegates on social media.
Correct The Record will invest more than $1 million into Barrier Breakers 2016 activities, including the more than tripling of its digital operation to engage in online messaging both for Secretary Clinton and to push back against attackers on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram. Barrier Breakers 2016 is a project of Correct The Record and the brainchild of David Brock, and the task force will be overseen by President of Correct The Record Brad Woodhouse and Digital Director Benjamin Fischbein. The task force staffs backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize.
http://correctrecord.org/barrier-breakers-2016-a-project-of-correct-the-record/
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)Yeah, cuz everybody who disagrees with Hillary is SEXIST! It's the only explanation!
It's like the bag of turnips that is never empty.
WhenTheLeveeBreaks
(55 posts)DU will end the primary phase and people will no longer be able to question or criticize Hillary.
For David Brock ... mission will be accomplished
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)watch out.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)They'll be arriving soon I'm sure.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)I vote for last year.