One account we've seen promoted in #Mighty200+ #MAGA retweet rooms is @PatriotsInTune, linked to a YouTube channel featuring content ranging from readings of #QAnon tweets to interviews with GOP congressional candidates with fake Twitter followers. #Lobsterfest
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We've previously noted that the tweets amplified by these #MAGA DM rooms often garner more retweets than likes, and so it is with many of @PatriotsInTune's tweets. We took a look at the 220 accounts that RT'd 10 such @PatriotsInTune tweets since June 1st.
Unsurprisingly, almost all of these 220 accounts (along with @PatriotsInTune itself) have a large number of tweets and retweets that have accumulated substantially more retweets than likes, indicating that they are likely being boosted by/participating in #MAGA retweet rooms.
Retweet network for @PatriotsInTune and its amplifiers, limited to tweets that got more retweets than likes. Based on our empirical observations of some rooms, we can confirm that a few dozen of these accounts have in fact participated in #Mighty200+ retweet rooms.
What verified accounts do these accounts (and the DM rooms they're likely in) RT without liking? Mostly GOP congressional candidates, which has been a theme in our previous analyses of #MAGA retweet rooms as well. @gatewaypundit, @BreitbartNews, and @DineshDSouza also turn up.
What media sites are linked in the tweets astroturfed in these retweet rooms? The top six are Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Breitbart, The Federalist, The New York Post, and Epoch Times. Lauraloomerforcongress(dot)com is an interesting inclusion.
