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Justin Ling @Justin_Ling
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oh god the clueless wonder is at it again
If you're unawares: Seth Abramson is just a guy who reads a lot of news and tweets theories he comes up with.

He doesn't know anything.
145/ ATTENTION: Seth Abramson has built his reputation as an expert on Twitter, and has no other relevant experience or information. We must conclude that either:
a) He is working with Twitter to sell books
b) He is a Steve Bannon front, used to discredit the #resistance...
Abramson uses journalism, which meticulously details evidence of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and injects plausible-sounding crowd-pleasing conspiracy theories not backed by evidence.

Understand that he is a snake oil salesman.
If you find yourself defending Abramson (as people are doing in my TL, hence why I'm belabouring this) recognize that he is exploiting your innate willingness to trust authoritative-sounding narratives that reinforce your worldview. *Just like Russia did.*
I wrote a long thing in @walrusmagazine this month about fake news, social media manipulation, and Russia. One big takeaway, reinforced by people who study Russia every day? Moscow isn't omnipotent. They're not behind every corner. They were effective because they were efficient.
People like Abramson want you to think there's some crazy plot, that implicates everyone. Because you want to believe that! You want to believe all this chaos was well-planned, and that it can be removed with impeachment proceedings. It's not that tidy.
Abramson is using the exact tactics the Russians use, knowingly or not. Don't fall for it. thedailybeast.com/before-peddlin…
NOW LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED.

ARE YOU ALL HAPPY
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