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@ggreenwald: I know some have forgotten about the 2017 hoax called "Hamilton68," but it's vital: it was the first attempt to launch this fraudulent "disinformation expertise," and the first clear sign of the new pol...…
So the infamous 'Russian Bot' accounts were, based on Twitter's internal analysis, neither Russians, nor bots, but instead dissident members of the Left and Right who opposed the Uniparty.
Fuck Hamilton, fuck Hamilton68, and fuck Bill Kristol.
Fuck Twitter, too, for keeping this under wraps because most of the dissidents were on the Right and they were unwilling to bear any personal cost, no matter how small, in the pursuit of truth.
What is redundancy?
Also, in this age, why would any media outlet go out and tell their audience that it lied to them? Especially when the lie benefits them?
But Remember the Maine!