{"id":75231,"date":"2017-10-09T09:43:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75231"},"modified":"2017-10-09T09:43:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T13:43:07","slug":"fake-news-targeted-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75231","title":{"rendered":"Fake news targeted veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that “Russian operatives” targeted veterans and their families with fake news stories, for some reason;<\/p>\n

The kind of information shared by and with veterans and active-duty personnel span a wide range, with liberal political content also common, though not as common as conservative political content. The online military community, the researchers found, also shared links about sustainable agriculture, mental health issues such as addiction, and conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n

No one subject dominated the online content flowing among these communities, but the largest individual categories dealt with military or veteran matters. Russian disinformation was a smaller but significant and persistent part of the overall information flow.<\/p>\n

“The very idea that there’s aggressive campaigns to target military personnel with misleading content on national security issues is surprising. It’s disappointing,” Howard said. “Because they’re opinion leaders, they get more attention from governments and people who spread misinformation.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have noticed that in the past few months, I’ve been getting offers from people who want to write for This Ain’t Hell, but I’ve been ignoring them because I don’t know the people. <\/p>\n

I know that some of the other military-themed websites have been printing these people’s crap, but, they’re no worse than the folks they hire anyway. <\/p>\n

For example, our old enemy from Mother Jones, Adam Weinstein, now writes for Task & Purpose, one of the websites I’m quietly boycotting. <\/p>\n

It’s a jungle out there, be careful what you share on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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