BLM-15
BLM Russian Link to Race Wars
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! They’re lying and cheating, over and over! They want attention - fight back constructively with
gusto
IN THIS SECTION BLM15 History of Russia’s link to USA Race Wars
See also: BLM1-23 List of Topics
Notes - Personal - Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter input from bulk of #1 News/#2 Personal Notes
Jews/Israelis -Warning about their possible biases in news articles
Conspiracy Theories or Fact?
IN THIS SECTION Russian linked to Race Wars/Political Interference? Alternative View: Russian interference another whacky
“conspiracy theory”? The Atlantic - Possible Bias
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russian linked to Race Wars/Political Interference?
The Atlantic
2017/10/21 The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars. From propaganda posters to Facebook ads, 80-
plus years of Russian meddling. JULIA IOFFE
Note from PF 2020/09/30: The Atlantic is reputed to “lean left” or have a left bias*. However, the Atlantic article here offers an alternative viewpoint. A left
bias could try to blame the Russians for “making the left look bad”, so watch for that in the article below. We need to understand the arguments and keep
our minds open and flexible. There does seem to be a possible element of truth in this article, as leftists have been working with the minority/LGBT groups
in the Black Lives Matter system.
https //www theatlantic com/international/archive/2017/10/russia-facebook-race/542796/
Excerpt: According to a spate of recent reports, accounts tied to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency—a
Russian “troll factory”— used social media and Google during the 2016 electoral campaign to deepen political and racial
tensions in the United States. The trolls, according to an interview with the Russian TV network TV Rain, were directed to
focus their tweets and comments on socially divisive issues, like guns. But another consistent theme has been Russian
trolls focusing on issues of race. Some of the Russian ads placed on Facebook apparently targeted Ferguson and
Baltimore, which were rocked by protests after police killings of unarmed black men; another showed a black woman
firing a rifle. Other ads played on fears of illegal immigrants and Muslims, and groups like Black Lives Matter….
Except for the technology used, however, these tactics are not exactly new. They are natural outgrowths of a central
component of covert influence campaigns, like the one Russia launched against the United States during the 2016
election: make discord louder; divide and conquer. “Covert influence campaigns don’t create divisions on the ground,
they amplify divisions on the ground,” says Michael Hayden, who ran the NSA under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.
Bush and then became CIA director. During the Cold War, the Kremlin similarly sought to plant fake news and foment
discontent, but was limited by the low-tech methods available at the time….
“The Russian objective then was to disrupt U.S. international relations and undermine U.S. power in the world, and
undermine the appeal of U.S. democracy to other countries,” says Dudziak, and Lodge was reflecting a central concern at
the State Department at the time: The Soviet propaganda was working. American diplomats were reporting back both
their chagrin and the difficulty of preaching democracy when images of the violence around the civil rights movement
were reported all over the world, and amplified by Soviet or communist propaganda. On a trip to Latin America, then-Vice
President Richard Nixon and his wife were met with protestors chanting, “Little Rock! Little Rock!” Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles complained that “this situation was ruining our foreign policy. The effect of this in Asia and Africa will be
worse for us than Hungary was for the Russians.” Ultimately, he prevailed on Eisenhower to insert a passage into his
national address on Little Rock that directly addressed the discrepancy that Soviet propaganda was highlighting—and
spinning as American hypocrisy. Whenever the Soviet Union was criticized for its human rights abuses, the rebuttal
became, “And you lynch Negroes.”
https //www theatlantic com/international/archive/2017/10/russia-facebook-race/542796/
Alternative View: Russian interference another whacky “conspiracy theory”?
Washington Examiner
2020/06/30 Democrats return to pushing conspiracy theories about Russia
by Becket Adams, Commentary Writer
https //www washingtonexaminer com/opinion/democrats-return-to-pushing-conspiracy-theories-about-russia
Excerpt: Democrats and their allies in the press never really abandoned their Russian conspiracy-mongering. They
merely set it aside momentarily to pursue other interests. White House officials allegedly briefed President Trump
recently on a “Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition
forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops,” according to the New York Times. The scandal is not so
much the reported Russian scheme but that the president apparently did nothing about it even after he was briefed on
the matter. With the reemergence of a news story involving the Russians, Trump, and an alleged abdication of
presidential duties, Democrats and their allies in the news media are again promoting a variety of conspiracy theories
alleging Moscow secretly controls the White House.
Excerpt: “I think one reason the elections weren’t what they should have been was because the Russians manipulated
the votes. It’s that simple," Reid told the Washington Post. “It doesn’t take a math expert to understand that by changing
a few votes, the outcome will be different. So, I have no doubt.” There is not a shred of evidence to back up this
allegation. In fact, a Senate Intelligence Committee determined specifically there was "no evidence of changed votes or
manipulated vote tallies" in its investigation of Russia's 2016 election meddling. That Reid and Pelosi should thus
descend into fever-swamps is perhaps not a surprise. But the disappointing thing is that there has been virtually no
pushback from the press against their kooky conspiracy theories.
https //www washingtonexaminer com/opinion/democrats-return-to-pushing-conspiracy-theories-about-russia
* Atlantic possible bias
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/atlantic
The Atlantic media bias rating is Lean Left.
As of August 2018, 2,178 AllSides readers agree that The Atlantic's media bias is Lean Left.
About The Atlantic
The Atlantic is an American magazine (founded as The Atlantic Monthly) in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created
as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it has held for more than
150 years. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets, and encouraging major careers. It
published leading writers' commentary on abolition, education, and other major issues in contemporary political affairs.
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/atlantic
Fox News
2018/04/05 Liberal magazine The Atlantic drops writer who claimed abortions should be 'treated like homicide'
https //www foxnews com/entertainment/liberal-magazine-the-atlantic-drops-writer-who-claimed-abortions-should-be-
treated-like-homicide. By Samuel Chamberlain
Excerpt: The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine announced Thursday that the publication was "parting ways" with
conservative writer Kevin Williamson two weeks to the day after he was hired, citing Williamson's earlier comments
against abortion.
The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/politifact-just-lost-left/334047/
2011/12/20 PolitiFact Just Lost the Left
Pulitzer-winning factchecking operation Politifact shattered its rapport with the liberal media Tuesday after it crowned
left-wing attacks on Paul Ryan's Medicare plan the "Lie of the Year" for 2011. JOHN HUDSON
DECEMBER 20, 2011
Updates 2020/09/30 BLM15 Russian link to USA race wars page started;