Friday, March 23, 2018
Press Not Interested in Russian Meddling — Against U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry
Another issue on which the media's (by not reporting) bias is clear...
Tom Blumer reported this at NewsBusters.com:
"A Russian-backed propaganda group used social media in an attempt to disrupt the U.S. energy industry and influence energy policy, according to a new congressional staff report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Unlike other Russian campaigns to stir political unrest in the U.S., this effort by the tech-savvy Internet Research Agency is characterized as mostly one-sided, agitating against American fossil-fuel production in a way lawmakers believe was aimed at benefiting Russia, the world’s largest oil producer.
Starting in 2015, workers at the IRA posted photos and messages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter encouraging protests against pipeline construction in the U.S., calling for the abandonment of fossil fuels and stoking American controversy around climate change ..."
