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Pro-Moscow voices tried to steer Ohio train disaster debate
Associated Press ^ | March 19, 2023 | DAVID KLEPPER

Posted on 03/19/2023 11:16:40 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter, using Elon Musk’s new verification system to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility.

The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill. The accounts spread fearmongering posts that preyed on legitimate concerns about pollution and health effects and compared the response to the derailment with America’s support for Ukraine following its invasion by Russia.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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Examples include unverified maps showing widespread pollution, posts predicting an increase in fatal cancers and others about unconfirmed mass animal die-offs


But global warming and climate change are real

1 posted on 03/19/2023 11:16:40 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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If they are anonymous, how do we know they are “pro-Russian”?


2 posted on 03/19/2023 11:22:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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They’re also claiming that everyone (YES, EVERYONE) is going to die on a day that ends in “y”!


3 posted on 03/19/2023 11:22:58 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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Search still works

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4139259/posts


4 posted on 03/19/2023 11:23:29 AM PDT by TomServo
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“Search still works”

Or does it?


5 posted on 03/19/2023 11:30:42 AM PDT by BobL
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FR Is Running A FReepathon

Please Donate And End It
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6 posted on 03/19/2023 11:30:47 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: artichokegrower

Pro-Moscow = Anyone who disagrees with the Democrats.


7 posted on 03/19/2023 11:31:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: artichokegrower

Ah, the pictures of the rainbow creek water was Russian disinformation, just like Hunter’s laptop. This explains the wisdom of the Brandon Administration’s ignoring of the problem for weeks and why the MSM was so reluctant to cover it.
/s


8 posted on 03/19/2023 12:03:08 PM PDT by hanamizu
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Pretty sure we have some of these Muscovite trolls here on FR. Why would they not chime in on the East Palestine train wreck?


9 posted on 03/19/2023 12:03:44 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: artichokegrower

Forty years ago the media was kissing the then Soviet Union’s rear end every chance they got to diss Ronald Reagan. Now Russia is the left’s sworn enemy since they can be used to attack the right. I’m sure Putin has a long list of American politicians, government officials, businesspeople and other prominent people in this country, who in the past and in recent history, have been friendly to the Kremlin.


10 posted on 03/19/2023 12:03:49 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: artichokegrower

Ass Press.

That’s all you need to know.


11 posted on 03/19/2023 12:19:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: BenLurkin

AP claims such anonymous accounts parrot Russians, meaning (only) they’re very similar. A lot would hinge on why they’re similar. For the AP to suggest something nefarious, similarity of message doesn’t cut it.

Disparate voices from opposite sides of the world may well mundanely have seen the same obvious characteristics in an event—all without either voice doing the bidding of someone else.

Does the AP have evidence of money changing hands to abet an enemy as we have with the CCP-Biden payoffs?


12 posted on 03/19/2023 12:21:07 PM PDT by rx
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To: artichokegrower

So the fact that American infrastructure is crumbling, America is bankrupt 10 times over & its morale fabric is crumbling must be kept out of the public domain? Or else one is pro-Moscow?


13 posted on 03/19/2023 12:26:55 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: All
This is NOT a "controlled burn."


14 posted on 03/19/2023 12:53:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: artichokegrower

It’s AP, everything is either Trump’s fault or Russia’s fault, and sometimes both because they believe Trump is still a Russian asset.


15 posted on 03/19/2023 1:04:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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It was the Russians again. This is the problem with lying to the public. We won’t believe it when it *may* be true.


16 posted on 03/19/2023 1:06:04 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: artichokegrower

Perhaps the residents of East Palestine could offer the DAVID KLEPPER bot a glass of water.

I also note that “East Palestine” isn’t mentioned in the excerpt. Telling.


17 posted on 03/19/2023 1:10:30 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: dfwgator

I define a Russian troll on FR as someone who is utterly incapable of saying anything nice about America, President Trump, our Constitution, or etc.

But they make clear their love of Putin and Russia!


18 posted on 03/19/2023 1:27:56 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter
Trying to be civil about AP here... What a bunch of feckless cowards.
19 posted on 03/19/2023 2:40:00 PM PDT by nicollo ("I said no!")
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Then let’s hear something nice about America!

The economy, or maybe cold war II, or the Bidens, or Jan 6, or the election, or...


20 posted on 03/19/2023 4:36:24 PM PDT by tsomer (ally )
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