Russian trolls were schooled on ‘House of Cards’

AyaLaRoux · Oct 17, 2017

The Russians who worked for a notorious St. Petersburg “troll factory” that was part of Vladimir Putin’s campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election were required to watch the “House of Cards” television series to help them craft messages to “set up the Americans against their own government,” according to an interview broadcast Sunday (in Russian) with a former member of the troll factory’s elite English language department.

The interview, broadcast by the independent Russian TV station Rain, provides new insight into how the troll factory formerly known as the Internet Research Agency targeted U.S. audiences in part by posting provocative “comments” pretending to be from Americans on newspaper articles that appeared on the websites of the New York Times and Washington Post.

A central theme of this messaging was demonizing Hillary Clinton by playing up the past scandals of her husband’s administration, her wealth and her use of a private email server, according to the interview with the agency worker, identified only as “Maksim,” with his face concealed.

“Maksim” says he worked for the agency during 2015, the year before the election, when it was already focusing its attention on Clinton.

“The main message is: Are not you, my American brothers, tired of the Clintons? How many have they already been?” Maksim says, adding that he and his colleagues were told to emphasize the Clintons’ past “corruption scandals.”

But more broadly, the instructions given to employees of the English language department were to stoke discontent about the U.S. government and the Obama administration in particular. “We had a goal to set up the Americans against their own government,” he says. “To cause unrest, cause discontent [and] lower [President] Obama’s rating.”
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- Yahoo

How strange. It's almost as if we might be having our own Russian trolls here. Now I wouldn't go so far as to say that @Mr Smith 36 is a Russian troll who showed up here just around the time of the election and has so far done exactly what's being described in the article. It might just be that he's simply the low-life scum dwelling arselick he portrays himself to be. But let's just say, if there was such a thing as a Russian troll, and we were to have them, I couldn't think of a more fitting one.

freethinker · Oct 17, 2017

Smitty, a dirty, low-life, stinkin' Rooshkie troll? That's...that's...

Come to think of it...

shadow walker · Oct 17, 2017

You are all idiots if you think who wins any election in America truly matters.

Milik_the_Red · Oct 17, 2017

For decades, the US and it’s allies have used our media skills to affect regime change and unrest through the world. From Radoi Free America to CIA dealings bringing about unrest such as the Arab Spriig, we’ve interfered in other countries politics for generations.

Now, with the proliferation of social media, other countries like Russia have learned their lesson and applied the same tactics to us. This is just a case of the chickens coming home to roost. If we are so intent to making it stop, maybe we should learn to mind our own damn business.

So the Russians used social media to stir the pot.
BOO HOO. Trump does need to go, but otherwise it’s time to get over it.

Clawk · Oct 17, 2017

The Russians always do stuff like that. Obama ignored it when he was in power.

What was it Obama said to Romney in the debate? "The 1980s called and they want their foreign policy back."???

If you Democrats are so upset over Obama's failures as President, you ought to elect someone who's a bit more competent next time. Just a thought.

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