Twitchy
February 18, 2018
CNN on Friday reported that Russian-connected bots are spreading pro-gun messages on Twitter following Wednesday’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in an effort to “sow discord.”
Russia-linked bots are promoting pro-gun messages on Twitter in an attempt to sow discord in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting, monitoring groups say https://t.co/67K6UIZzcJ pic.twitter.com/uDqCWQp4lo
— CNN (@CNN) February 17, 2018
Um, says who? Says the Alliance for Securing Democracy, that’s who. CNN reports:
The alliance is a group housed at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) think tank to “defend against, deter, and raise the costs on Russian and other actors’ efforts to undermine democracy and democratic institutions,” according to its mission statement.
The group does not disclose which accounts it tracks and CNN has not independently verified its findings.
Among the hashtags and topics related to the shooting are #falseflag, #fbi, #gunreformnow, #fbigate, #parklandschoolshooting, the name of the shooter — Nikolas Cruz — and Florida.
Russian bots … is there anything they can’t do?
You people are beyond nuts. 😵 https://t.co/xxAxqOCRSf
— Warped Willie (@WarpedWillie) February 17, 2018
Big If True!
“Russian Bots Wrote 2nd Amendment.”https://t.co/31vFlHMtPc
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) February 17, 2018
You guys are a parody of your former selves. https://t.co/elwtizZx46
— Kerry Smyth (@SmythRadio) February 17, 2018
@cnn you cant blame everything on everyone else.
what is your proof of this?https://t.co/F1KqnVZ69m— Robert Mueller is a Swamp Monster (@kmskinny) February 17, 2018
“monitoring groups say”.
Proud of @cnn for getting in their Russia Hoax and Gun Control positions in the same tweet. https://t.co/psVZNTyFHj— BIG PODESTA (@bigpodesta) February 17, 2018
“Monitoring groups”? Don’t trust CNN…