A multipronged dark money effort by advisers to Elon Musk targeted liberals, Jews, Muslims and Black voters with ads that were not quite what they seemed.
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Would have been nice if you had reported on stuff like this before the election, when maybe it would have made a difference. Democracy is dead and your boss had a hand in killing it.
How did the Post type this with a straight face? Your company failed miserably, your owner bowed down to Trump and we are supposed to now believe your “reporting?” Not a chance in hell.
This was reported before the election. NPR maybe? The trouble is that people who actually read newspapers voted Harris. People who pay no attention or get their "news" from Tik Tok voted Donald the Orange.
We need to pass a law against lying and detrimental propaganda. This should not be allowed in politics. It is dividing our country and causing so much hate and fear.
Artificial intelligence can and will change how campaigns message. AI can microtarget voters with messages that have been shown to successfully influence their votes.
In the near future, candidates who use AI effectively will have big advantages in their elections.
If Rethuglicans can't lie and cheat, they'd never win an election.
The fact is without Reagan Trump never would've happened because Fox News never would've happened. Reagan repealed the Fairness Doctrine that protected us from the barrage of misinformation and lies that Fox News even admitted to.
Can't this be used to nullify the election? Seriously, the election was tainted. At least we should stop and demand a new election. I know that's unprecedented, but it appears everything the GOP does is unprecedented since Trump appeared.
We need laws preventing outright lies and half truths in political ads. The stupid people never fact check ANYTHING. It's truly election interference. These people are in for a very quick rude awakening when they lose their Obamacare. They think ACA is great though.
When the mob reminds you that you are the enemy of the people and you are rounded up and herded off to the American version of Dachau I hope you have a moment of clarity as the doors to your cattle car slam shut behind you.
I know elon was running that crap. I even saw getting rid of nasa on the agenda. This whole new administration and dictator will ruin any semblance of what the usa is and what i thought we stood for
She was not a good candidate. As a candidate in the 2020 primary she got zero votes. Her public speaking and interviews showed a pretty obvious lack of charisma. Her positions were forgettable. Dems running weak candidates then casting blame elsewhere ensures future losses.
These “people” like Elon Musk are animals who love the fight without regard to how they hurt others. They cannot create anything other than more chaos.
This is what happens when you degrade and deprioritize education the way the GOP has done over the decades. The number of people who can think critically and globally is smaller and smaller, while the number of people susceptible to being influenced by false information is larger and larger.
This is what the Russians did in 2016 with black voters in swing states, but on steroids. "Free speech", right Republicans? No "censorship"? No comment is what they will say.
A few years ago he targeted Bill Gates as well. All of the cons I know mumbling about "Bill Gates buying up the farmland"... Gates had shorted Tesla when it was ridiculously overpriced. In response Musk refused to work with Gates on nuclear power and launched the dark smear campaign.
They put this out after the election. Do you think they are going to do any timely investigative reporting in the next 4 years? If they do, the reporting will come out after trump leaves office. Wapo is under trump’s control.
Dodgy as fuck and seeping into Australian politics. There is a very good reason we have compulsory voting, but I'm not sure that will protect us from the shitfuckery tsunami.
Wapo is not a serious journalistic enterprise any longer …I’m leaving and anyone reading this should leave also, they are worthless cowards - and I know that wapo has “journalists” but not ones that will stand for what is right
Wapo is not a serious journalistic enterprise any longer …I’m leaving and reading this should leave also, they are worthless cowards - and I know that wapo has “journalists” but not ones that will stand for what is right
Wow, this is huge, you should probably tell people this before they vote. Wouldn't want them to be tricked into voting for someone who doesn't have their best interests at heart. When are they voting again? ...LAST WEEK!?
@kamalaharrisbsky.bsky.social, this is why Democrats need their own media network to counter and cut through the the disinformation and propaganda machine like these. Mainstream media alone cannot do the fact check. We need our own media network
Kamala Harris managed to turn off voters all on her own. The View: "what will you do differently to [the immensely unpopular GenocideJoe]: "why, not a thing...".
Well, since your publication was so anti-Democratic and so pro-Trump, who really cares about your opinion now? You and your brethren helped elect a deranged, demented, anti-American madman. May you all sink into the cesspool you've created for America.
What,exactly, is the point of this reporting now? If reporters were aware of these tactics before the election it would seem to me that these facts would have been, I don’t know, REPORTED.
Seems like if the @washingtonpost.com and other legacy media did their jobs this might have come to light BEFORE the election. But I guess y’all were too busy sane washing.
I feel like the real person running the show is Elon. He gambles on himself big in an effort to make decisions he feels can save the world. He is very powerful. Used technology to streamline propaganda.
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Don’t spend those thirty pieces of silver all in one place.
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It's TODAY?
In the near future, candidates who use AI effectively will have big advantages in their elections.
https://bsky.app/profile/cherishdemocracy.bsky.social/post/3layv774q7s2s
The fact is without Reagan Trump never would've happened because Fox News never would've happened. Reagan repealed the Fairness Doctrine that protected us from the barrage of misinformation and lies that Fox News even admitted to.
It's disgusting to see these pieces published after it's too late.
The media is a disgrace.
Take the gloves off. Go lower.
Leak the Gaetz report.
Sincerely, Gfy.
Most of the country wants a do over.
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We will never forget.
Dems need to learn how to fight fire with (reality based, factual) fire
A few years ago he targeted Bill Gates as well. All of the cons I know mumbling about "Bill Gates buying up the farmland"... Gates had shorted Tesla when it was ridiculously overpriced. In response Musk refused to work with Gates on nuclear power and launched the dark smear campaign.