Today is launch day @FPRI - Foreign Influence Election 2020 #FIE2020 Over next year, we will be tracking what Russia, Iran and China say about presidential candidates & Election 2020. Here's our first look - Russia's Media Mentions of Democratic Candidates
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Here’s another look at what @FPRI and the #FIE2020 team found having read 1,711 RT and Sputnik News articles regarding Election 2020 and the candidates. fpri.org/fie/russia-med…
In the coming weeks, months and year, we will be conducting the same looks at Iran and China. With each country, we’ll look at their take on the Democratic field, GOP field & President Trump, hacking, election systems & information integrity.
Some interesting first takeaways at Russia overt content thus far 1- Biden is to 2020, what Clinton was to 2016.
2- Having watched the lead up to 2016 and now seeing 2020, Sanders gets neutral coverage today, less positive push from Russia as compared to four years ago.
3- the Kremlin was down on Harris in the early months of 2019, guessing this has to do with her role on Senate Intel Committee, but her mentions have tailed off in recent months.
4- Warren is most interesting lately and will be a focus of an upcoming post.
5- and Gabbard has already been discussed a great deal and mentions are consistent with the “Secure the Base, Split the Opposition” strategy. thedailybeast.com/the-kremlins-s…
Here’s a snapshot of the project thus far from @11thHour last night. msnbc.com/11th-hour/watc…
