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Dems Secretly Trained Thousands of Activists to Manipulate Media, Clinton Library Docs Show
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 09/11/19 | Yuichiro Kakutani

Posted on 09/11/2019 5:11:35 PM PDT by blueyon

DNC coordinated with activists to 'infiltrate' talk radio

The Democratic party developed an elaborate, multi-year operation in the 1990s that deployed thousands of activists to covertly mold public opinion using talk radio, according to documents from the Clinton Presidential Library.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), with the blessing of the Clinton White House, launched the Talk Radio Initiative (TRI) ahead of the 1996 campaign. The program trained thousands of operatives to call in to radio shows, conduct surveillance of their contents, and secretly disseminate Democratic talking points while posing as ordinary listeners.

"Volunteers must be able to keep the project confidential so as not to create the image of a ‘Democratic conspiracy' to infiltrate Detroit area talk radio shows," a 1995 TRI guide prepared by Michigan Democrats said. "Democratic performance in the 1996 elections will no doubt be affected by the success or failure of this initiative."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1996; clinton; democrats; demtlkingpoints; dnc; herdmentality; manipulate; media; msm; propagandists; seminarcallers; talkradio; talkradiocallers; talkradioinitiative; tri
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No surprise but shady to say the least..................Maybe RNC should start doing this
1 posted on 09/11/2019 5:11:35 PM PDT by blueyon
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To: blueyon

No, the RNC should NOT adopt this tactic!

We call then LIEberals for a reason!

They LIE, cheat, steal and try to win elections By Any Means Necessary!

We are better than they are and we need to stick to the high road!

We CAN win by being honest fair!


2 posted on 09/11/2019 5:14:52 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: blueyon

Aren’t these the people who Rush talks about when he refers to Seminar Callers? Callers who have been trained in Dem Seminars on how to ask questions and what questions to ask?


3 posted on 09/11/2019 5:15:37 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: blueyon

If it’s legality’s ok. Shady? Like not having sex with that woman.


4 posted on 09/11/2019 5:15:40 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: blueyon

They do it on the Internet, today. No end to the posters on the political forums of non-political sites posting full articles and opinions in lockstep with the DNC’s daily talking points. Since many of these sites are aimed at young people, those targets don’t always realize who is preaching to them.


5 posted on 09/11/2019 5:15:59 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: blueyon

Or as Rush calls them, “seminar callers.”


6 posted on 09/11/2019 5:16:25 PM PDT by princeofdarkness (Leftists. Their only response to failure is to double down.)
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To: blueyon

When you watch the montages of the lamestream media repeating the same phrases as if it is their mantra night after night, you’ve got to conclude this is still going strong.


7 posted on 09/11/2019 5:17:32 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: blueyon

Is the common man too stupid to sniff this out? Does the common man want to kill his own offspring in the womb?


8 posted on 09/11/2019 5:20:16 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: blueyon

The irony is, the Dems didn’t really need to do this in 1996, cuz the Republican Party gave the nomination to Bob Dole, one of the weakest candidates ever

But then the Republicans didn’t really need Watergate in 1972 either, Dems ran one of their weakest candidates ever

Why does the party in control overdo it when they don’t have to?


9 posted on 09/11/2019 5:22:29 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Taxman
No, the RNC should NOT adopt this tactic!

We call then LIEberals for a reason!


My friend, this can be done without lying.
10 posted on 09/11/2019 5:22:36 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Please, oh pretty please let Crazy Uncle Joe Biden be the nominee.)
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To: blueyon
The Democratic party developed an elaborate, multi-year operation in the 1990s that deployed thousands of activists to covertly mold public opinion using talk radio...it's not the obvious, open efforts like this by the 'rats that bother me - it's the disinformation and outright lies they spread through the grass roots grapevine that can do real damage - wife said she recently ran to an old friend who was sputtering that she would never vote for Trump because he was going to end Medicare and use the money to build his wall - astounding - wife told her that Obama had already taken money out of Medicare and that if 'rats won the election they were going to give Medicare to everybody including illegals and that would kill the program for good - who knows what her friend ended up believing - Republicans had better be ready for this sort of hit and run lie, which I had never heard before but must assume was started to spread and poison the gullibles' belief in Republicans intentions......
11 posted on 09/11/2019 5:23:57 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: blueyon

Anyone paying attention already knew this.

That is part of what “Community Organizers” do.


12 posted on 09/11/2019 5:24:46 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: blueyon

They do it these days on “social media”


13 posted on 09/11/2019 5:25:52 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: blueyon

Are these what Rush referred to as “seminar callers”?


14 posted on 09/11/2019 5:28:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: blueyon

Manipulate? Coordinate with. They are co-conspirators.


15 posted on 09/11/2019 5:31:25 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: blueyon

Nothing new for the rats. In 2015, they hated Donald Trump so much that they were bribing talk-show hosts (most notably Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity) to endorse Ted Cruz and trash Trump. When Cruz was defeated in the primary, they kept right on trashing Trump. In doing so, they were working to get Hillary elected. Traitors one and all.


16 posted on 09/11/2019 5:37:20 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: princeofdarkness

Yes he did and does. In fact, Rush spent a segment of his show last week talking about this document and brought new listeners up to speed on this tactic and how he recognized Seminar Callers rather easily.


17 posted on 09/11/2019 5:39:21 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (Lurking since the late 90's. Recently retired. No tagline yet.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Rush at one point was shilling for Rubio and called him a rock ribbed conservative, whatever the hell that is.


18 posted on 09/11/2019 5:39:57 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

There is a ton of evidence that the MSM marches in lockstep. When the oil spill in Valdez, Alaska happened, the talking head breaking the news called it “Valdeez” and to this day, every single one of them mispronounce it the exact same way. They probably plug into the same Big Giant Head at night.


19 posted on 09/11/2019 5:40:27 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Ted Grant

Oh yeah, I forgot about that!


20 posted on 09/11/2019 5:42:02 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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