Paid Trolls Floods Social Media to Counteract Negative News About

Hillary’s Anonymous Trolls First Targeted Bernie Sanders

The Daily Kos, which preferred Bernie Sanders over Clinton, observed some of these tactics during the Democratic primary. One author wrote, “[T]here have been a number of diaries claiming to ‘have switched from Bernie to Hillary’ lately, and some of them have been from recently created accounts with no record of pro-Sanders remarks or diaries.” The author further called the Clinton effort out, writing, “We are on to your presumptive corporate shilling.”

The moderators of the Sanders subreddit /r/SandersForPresident wrote that the “Bernie Bro” concept was created by fake accounts in order to “establish a narrative that Bernie’s supporters are all racist, sexist young males who harass people online.” David Fredrick, co-founder and moderator of the subreddit, told The Atlantic when Sanders was still in the race, “If anyone criticizes a Sanders supporter online now there’s doubt over whether it’s a genuine exchange or if it’s something that Correct the Record is behind.”

David Brock, a former right-wing activist who now works for Clinton and started the left-wing site Media Matters which ruthlessly targets conservatives, is credited with creating the online trolling project. After the actor Tim Robbins, a Sanders supporter, received a barrage of tweets attacking him for speculating about election fraud hurting Sanders, Robbins responded to 88 different accounts with this tweet, “Dear @CorrectRecord operatives, Thank you for following today’s talking points. Your check is in the mail. Signed, @davidbrockdc.”

Rev up them tinfoil hats

Clinton Staffer Adam Parkhomenko Outed as Troll on Reddit
Five months ago, the Trump subreddit /r/The_Donald warned, “We are being brigaded by Clinton super PAC shills. Quick, post pics upsetting to Hillary.” Users posted messages like this, “I saw like 4 today, new account and 40 pro hillary comments. Said she was a mom in one post and an asian student in another. Deleted account after someone called her out.”

Savvy Reddit users outed one of the Clinton staffers, Adam Parkhomenko, her director of grassroots engagement, who was apparently posting anonymously on the site threatening Trump supporters. Under the username rcMI9HXF, he wrote, “Warning- participation in this slanderous witch hunt will result in legal action. Mrs. Clinton has been made aware of your childish attempt to slander her and her supporters. There will be consequences for your actions.” When Reddit users guessed he was being paid by Clinton, he responded, “I am just an average Joe fed up with the blatant lies you people are slinging towards HRC. I’m a Bush supporter and volunteer, actually.” But when they discovered his home address, he finally admitted his real identity, “You can call me Adam. My buddies call me A.park.”

Clinton Staffer Luke Montgomery Behind Trump Attack Site Made to Look Like it Came From Bernie Sanders
When the “Deport Racism” website popped up, showing Hispanic children using profanity in reference to Trump and beating a pinata image of him, it appeared to come from the Sanders campaign. There was a link from the site to Sanders’ campaign site, implying that Sanders was the preferable candidate on immigration. But buried in the source code were links that appeared to be left over from another site called “Bill for First Lady 2016,” which was created by Clinton staffer Luke Montgomery. Outed, Montgomery removed the link to Sanders’ website. Montgomery, who came to prominence for his AIDs activism in the 1990s going by the name “Luke Sissyfag,” also deceptively registered a PAC called Feel the Bern.

The Clinton Machine Has Used Anonymous Trolls at Least as Far Back as 2007
The anonymous fake accounts come are nothing new for Clinton. In 2007, paid campaign staffers and volunteers on her campaign were caught creating anonymous accounts to artificially inflate her support. The influential Blue Hampshire blog discovered the ruse, when several anonymous accounts were all created in succession on the site from the same Clinton campaign IP address, which then bolstered pro-Clinton diaries.

Clinton hired a campaign manager this election cycle known for his scorched earth tactics. Robby Mook started a listserv in 2009 known as “Mook’s Mafia” to share political information with associates. He says things like “smite Republicans mafia-style” and “F U Republicans. Mafia till I die.” He has also said, “First, the mafia never separates, it just continues to grow and expand and move into other states in order to destroy Republicans.” By choosing Mook, Clinton reveals the type of campaign she wants, Alinskyite tactics of do anything to win.

Perhaps all this fake trolling won’t prove to be worth it. Once outed, the trolls will have a record to follow them around on the internet forever. One of Parkhomenko’s close friends told The Washington Post that he’s been “underutilized” on the campaign and is “miserable.” At some point, making up fake identities has to become demoralizing to all but the most hardened of campaign operatives.

>>78005

Some guy on cripplechan found invoices from the foundation linked to a very prolific shill on the site who was doxxed.

He was getting paid pretty well, honestly.

>>78016
How much and what qualifications do you need?

>>78002
>stream.org
When are you /pol/tards going to learn what a news source is?

>>78028
They admitted it themselves the source is the words of the Clinton SuperPAC.
>The Clinton SuperPAC Correct the Record, which is affiliated with her campaign, acknowledged in an April press release that it was spending $1 million on project “Breaking Barriers” to pay people to respond to negative information about Clinton on social media sites like Facebook, Reddit, Instagram and Twitter. That amount has since increased to over $6 million. The trolls create a false impression that Clinton has more support than she really does, because one supporter will frequently create multiple anonymous accounts.

>>78031
You're only mad that you don't get paid to shill for Trump all day like the CTR shills do. You have to do it for free.

>>78036
You asked for a source and I gave it to you, the Clinton SuperPAC Correct the Record this article is quoting them.

>>78039
>You asked for a source and I gave it to you
No you didn't. This proves my point that /pol/tards don't know what a news source is. A news source is a link to an actual credible journalistic outlet that goes over the claims made in the link, checks for truthfulness, and gets a wide range of reaction from those immediately affected. The only thing you have is unsourced allegations (that probably came from Wikileaks via Putin's DCleaks, you don't even know)

>>78040
I don't go to /pol/ first of all I left when old /n/ was deleted and now that /news/ is back I'm back.
The source is credible and a newspaper.
https://stream.org/us/

>>78045
>The following Ten Principles motivate us, define our mission, guide our thinking and shape our policy preferences:

>Every human being has equal value and dignity.
>We are inherently and specifically social.
>Marriage and the family are the fundamental social institutions.
>We can know God and moral truth.
>Judeo-Christian religious faith guards our freedom.
>We’re all sinners.
>We need a state strong enough to protect and maintain the rule of law but limited enough not to violate it.
>We are meant to be free and responsible.
>When we’re free, we can create wealth and value.
>Culture comes before politics.

Good luck with that.

you couldn't pay me anything to defend that ugly old hag....sounds beyond an exhausting soul suck, yeesh mate

>>78002

OHHH NOOO!!! WHAT SHOULD WE DO??!!!

>color revolution tactics finally came home to USA.

Hillary is pulling away from the cheeto, but all of her online support is fake I swear.

>>78672
Thank you for correcting the record.

Speaking of lies and the number 6 million...

>>78679
CTR Are you claiming that trolls are not being paid to troll for Hillary? What evidence do you have to refute this claim?

>>78681
It's the other way around. Paid Trump Trolls are here to spread misinformation.

see
>>78438

>>78681
No I was just saying it's funny how the number 6 million seems to always be related to lies and such.
In this case, it's the amount paid for people to lie.

>>78682
CTR What proof do you have that paid Hillary trolls are not here as well?

>>78688
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.03452v1.pdf

>>78690
/thread

>>78697
TL;DR could you give a summary of the PDF?

>>78682
>see
>>>78438 →
>NY Times attacking others credibility

The same NY times that has been colluding with the Clinton campaign and gave her veto power over what they'd print about her?

http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-new-york-times-propped-up-clinton-subverted-sanders/
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/24280-new-york-times-gave-clinton-veto-power-over-report-and-cnbc-reporter-advised-her-campaign

Yeah I'm sure they're being impartial and fair.

>>78700
>>78682
Also, someone who has nothing to hide doesn't answer "I do not recall" 20 times in an official round of questioning.

Hillary is not above the law. Both she and the NY times are gonna learn that the hard way.

>>78701
so far she is
and she (and him) has (have) been above the law for 30+ years
you underestimate (wishful thinking maybe) their power
it's hard for people supporting them not to do it when the alternative is so "scary"
if Jeb Bush would have been nominated (as it was planned), you would have seen a more balanced approach towards both candidates (from both law enforcement and news media outlets)
before you put a tinfoil hat on my head, try to go back one or even two years ago and try to remember what the consensus was regarding the candidates (90% of the people would have told you bush and clinton); also look at the campaign contributions up to 8 months ago (bush and clinton were on top far ahead anyone else)
now, had sanders won, that would have REALLY been interesting to watch

>>78700
>observer.com
Jared is that you?

>>78701
>Hillary is not above the law. Both she and the NY times are gonna learn that the hard way.
Screenshotted for the butthurt election day collage.

>>78698
tl;dr summary: /pol/ is confirmed to be the Trump version of CTR

>>78716
But they don't get paid like CTR does which is the point of the OP we all know people love who they support and will post on their behalf due to a tribal mentality but being paid to troll is a new low.

>>78719
What does it matter if they get paid or not? It only matters how effective the meme magic is, which is one of the study's findings.

>>78721
When you get paid it seems less genuine and more manufactured.

>>78719
is it?
I hate Hillary just as anyone else (Trump a bit less) but I see this as any other job
It's not low even for a campaign manager to pay someone to do that (they are paid to get someone elected. Period)
It's low only for the candidate or their aides who approve something like that (even that, in my opinion is not as bad).
I see this to be just as bad as Trump using the lowest form of verbal manipulation (repeat stuff, say it confidently, use simple words and ideas)

>>78723
Do you think there aren't any paid Trump operatives on /pol/?

>>78727
There could be but so far I have seen no evidence, could you provide some please? The OP confirms There is some from CTR but I only see people on the other side doing it for free.

>>78729
>The OP confirms There is some from CTR
The OP doesn't confirm shit, Anon. stream.org isn't a valid news source, it's a blog.

Also, about the author of OPs piece:
>Rachel Alexander is a senior editor at The Stream. She is a political columnist and the founder and editor of Intellectual Conservative.

>She is a regular contributor to Townhall, the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, The Christian Post, and Right Wing News. She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator, and hosted a radio show on 960 KKNT in Phoenix and then on UStream.

>She is a recovering attorney and former gun magazine editor. She previously served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, corporate attorney for Go Daddy Software, and Special Assistant/Deputy County Attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
(lol Sheriff Joe Arpiao )
>She was ranked by Right Wing News as one of the 50 Best Conservative Columnists from 2011-2015 and is a recipient of Americans for Prosperity’s RightOnline Activist of the Year award. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and his four children.

This is like if Michael Moore wrote an article confirming paid Trump shills on CNN or some other unlikely network.

>>78730
True though they are directly quoting CTR that they have an online division that they are paying to quote "correct the record" unless you believe they are miss quoting CTR?

>>78731
Of course there are paid operatives for CTR all over social media. That doesn't mean Trump doesn't have an equal or greater number of paid or unpaid operatives that are even more effective.

If CTR is here on 4chan then they're doing a pretty bad job of it. The 'delete /pol/' threads on /qa/ are ineffective considering /pol still exists and isn't going anywhere.

>>78732
I understand what you are saying my only point is that there is evidence of paid trolls for Hillary (CTR) my only point is I have not seen evidence of paid trolls for trump, not saying they can not exist or don't exist I'm simply stating I have seen no evidence. If you have evidence feel free to post in this thread or make a new one.

>>78733
First of all I don't agree that paid operatives are necessarily 'better' or more effective than unpaid. Someone who works as an Hillary intern or volunteer 9-5 posting on /r/politics can be just as enthusiastic as some /pol/ NEET who spends 10 hours a day making rare Trump themed pepes and posting them on twitter. The only differences are in the target audiences and the methods of delivery.

Secondly, from the Executive Summary in the PDF:

>Although it is a bit absurd, /pol/ has, somehow, managed to place itself at the center of world politics. Considering its clear impact on society, 4chan in general has been relatively unexplored. In this paper, we begin to rectify this gap in
knowledge by perform a longitudinal study of
/pol/.
>Using a dataset of over 8 million posts crawled since June 20, 2016, we study /pol/ along several axes.

The paper is really verbose, but the jist is that /pol/ utilizes reddit and twitter (raids) in a manner that is more effective in spreading one particular candidate's (Trump's) message in many ways than any before seen method in election-year politics. And somehow you're surprised that CTR shills might try to troll them occasionally like they themselves get trolled?

>>78017
>Qualifications
How anonymous are you and are you willing to shill the shit out of Clinton despite everything you believe in?

Any affiliation with any republican voter? Don't bother applying.

How much does shilling for HRC pay? How do you get picked? Can a person do it part-time?

>>78028
>>78036
>>78040

Say Hi to Clinton when she signs your paycheck.

>>79018
How much is Trump paying nowadays?

>>79022
Proof that Trump pays trolls like Clinton does?

>>79023
Proof Clinton pays trolls?

>>79025
The op link. Thank you for correcting the record!

>>79026
see
>>78730