All: I adore you. I do. But for the love of all that's holy, stop, STOP posting propaganda hot-takes from the Hill. John Solomon may be gone, but their click-for-BS model of social media posting remains. It is as important as Fox & Breitbart at driving the disinfo narratives.
99% of the time,
What the Hill posts is a quote or vid from someone else's content. If you must engage some crap, find the original source.
What the Hill posts is a quote or vid from someone else's content. If you must engage some crap, find the original source.
Here is a brief case study in how the Hill amplifies lies and misinformation.
This morning on Fox, Chris Wallace dug into John Kennedy for repeating the "Ukraine 2016" BS that the US IC says is pushed by Russia.
The interview made this clear, as captured here by @atrupar:
This morning on Fox, Chris Wallace dug into John Kennedy for repeating the "Ukraine 2016" BS that the US IC says is pushed by Russia.
The interview made this clear, as captured here by @atrupar:
Other outlets, like @Axios, covered this story, highlight what Kennedy was saying is not true.
The Hill chose to post it this way, as a statement of fact:
You have a choice, even when you want to outrage tweet, about how and what you post. I would offer that amplifying outlets what are often nodes in disinfo narratives is not a good choice.
