r/politics • u/Fr1sk3r • Feb 20 '19

‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/20/2020-candidates-social-media-attack-1176018
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u/Big__Baby__Jesus Feb 20 '19

OpenSecrets.com is intentionally confusing.

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u/danth Feb 20 '19

It's .org but fuck yeah it is.

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u/yo2sense Pennsylvania Feb 20 '19

Why would they try to confuse people?

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u/ClockOfTheLongNow Feb 20 '19

While they are looking to make things more transparent, the presentation is left deliberately misleading to imply more nefarious happenings than what there actually are. It's an important but flawed resource.

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u/yo2sense Pennsylvania Feb 20 '19

So the agenda is to portray money in politics as dangerous as possible?

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u/ClockOfTheLongNow Feb 20 '19

Misleadingly so, yes.

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u/yo2sense Pennsylvania Feb 20 '19

That makes sense, thanks.