Thread by @SFFakeNews

1/ The Canary has promoted an alt-right conspiracy theory about the murder of a U.S political staffer.

It was propagated by Trump’s most extreme outriders: white supremacists, antisemites and Islamophobes.

This 👏 is 👏 not 👏 news 👏 it’s 👏 propaganda 👏 for 👏 racists 👏

2/ The theory seeks to absolve Russia for their role in hacking the emails of the Democratic National Committee in 2016, which helped win Trump the election.

The Canary said the story provides “succour to embattled US President Donald Trump”.

nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/…

3/ This is why the theory, which also helped draw attention away from the Mueller investigation, was initially spread on a subreddit called r/TheDonald, a famous home for “blatant white supremacy” and “incitements to violence”.

vox.com/culture/2017/1…

4/ The baseless claim is that a DNC staffer leaked emails to Wikileaks, and that he was murdered as a result.

This has been debunked by many news outlets, but three years later it’s still up on The Canary.

npr.org/2019/08/08/749…

5/ Advocates claim the staffer was murdered by Clinton or the DNC.

The Canary said evidence from the hacker Kim Dotcom could be a "massive blow to the US Democratic establishment".

Dotcom was caught appearing to hack the murdered staffer's Gmail, acc. to @washingtonpost

5/ The Canary’s article links to a Fox News report that claimed the family’s private investigator had found evidence that Rich had leaked emails to Wikileaks.

The family denied this, saying they “had seen no evidence”.

buzzfeednews.com/article/alexca…

6/ The family have even been told by a court that they can sue Fox News.

reuters.com/article/us-fox…

7/ By publishing this story, The Canary is mirroring the work of some of the most dangerous white supremacist, Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the world.

Brands who advertise on The Canary are funding this Fake News. #SFFN

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