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Several left-wing American journalists unknowingly worked for Russian intelligence that helped put Donald Trump in power, Facebook revealed.
The deceived journalists were hired through agents posing as editors of a newspaper called Peace Data, which advertised “writers on the following topics: pacifist, corruption, abuse of power, human rights violations. “
Who is the hard one to understand about the Russian organization’s Facebook ads?Russian interference: Are free and fair elections impossible?” Fake news is a weapon used against the media. “
“They portrayed America as warmongers and lawbreakers abroad, while at home they were ravaged by racism, Covid-19 and ruthless capitalism,” according to social media analytics firm Graphika.
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Holden Frith is the virtual director of The Week. He also makes regular appearances on “The Week Unwrapped,” covering topics as varied as vaccine progression and bionic bomb-detecting lobsters. He joined The Week in 2013 and spent five years editing the magazine’s website. Prior to that, he was deputy virtual editor at The Sunday Times. He was also editor of TheTimes. co. uk generation and editor of the launch of the website of Wired magazine in the United Kingdom. Holden has worked in journalism for nearly two decades, having begun his professional career while graduating in English literature from Cambridge University. He then earned a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. An avid photographer, he also writes articles whenever he gets the chance.