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Not only will Trump not disavow QAnon — a cult that believe top Democrats are Satan worshipers running a child sex ring — HE PRAISES THEM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mmfa: Sinclair stations are set to air a monologue falsely claiming masks and lockdown precautions do not help slow the spread of COVID… — PolitiTweet.org

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At his campaign rally, Trump brags that he sent the U.S. Marshals to murder a man and they did Audience cheers — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Remember, even if all the information in the story were legitimate, it is of no significance. Joe Biden is not shown doing anything wrong. But the NY Post article is presented as a "bombshell" So this has all the hallmarks of a disinformation campaign, under Trump's direction — PolitiTweet.org

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5. The stories are being written by someone at the NY Post who has never written any other story and, for years, was a producer for Sean Hannity. Immediately after publication the story was rapidly amplified by Fox, the Trump campaign, GOP members of Congress, etc — PolitiTweet.org

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4. We also know that Russians hacked Burisma, which is the company that employed Hunter Biden Could that hack be the source of this material? We don't know that. But its at least as plausible as the computer repair shop story — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Guiliani is the one engineered this implausible story about the computer repair shop. We know he was looking for dirt on Hunter. And we know he regularly interacted with a Ukrainian lawmaker sanctioned by the U.S. for being an active Russian agent — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, gave a right-wing tabloid a cache of emails allegedly stolen from Joe Biden's son. Full stop. Forget about the wacky story of how Giuliani obtained the emails This is Trump leveraging stolen materials for his benefit https://t.co/kkrOYlu9wZ — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Yesterday, I detailed some of the many problems with the NY Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop. It's completely implausible tale. But it is also just smoke and mirrors to obscure a larger truth about what's going on. Let's get back to basics. — PolitiTweet.org

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The point here is that there is often a significant delta between what Facebook says it is doing and what they actually do — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, a Facebook spokesperson said that Facebook was reducing the distribution of the article pending a factcheck. But the reality is that the article has already gotten more distribution than nearly every link posted to Facebook That's the opposite of censorship — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: You'll hear many people today complaining that Facebook is CENSORING the New York Post story on Hunter Biden's laptop This is absolutely false. The story has been shared 321,834 times on Facebook, and has 1.2 million engagements https://t.co/jD1XaO6zTv — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Coverage of these issues is tricky, because you don't want to contribute to the spread of vile rumors. But what's happened plays directly into Trump's hand. He gets to fire up his base while most people won't even become aware of what he's doing. https://t.co/kkrOYlu9wZ — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Trump unhinged conspiracy theory received minimal coverage in the NYT, and slightly better coverage in the Washington Post. THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: What would the coverage have been if Hillary Clinton accused Trump of murder in October 2016? https://t.co/kkrOYlu9wZ — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Accusing your opponent of orchestrating the murder of US troops seems pretty newsworthy. But it's been ignored by major outlets. Associated Press: No coverage. USA Today: No coverage. WSJ: No coverage. ABC News: No coverage. CBS News: No coverage. NBC News: No coverage. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Biden, according to this theory, gave the order to shoot down a Navy SEAL helicopter as part of a scheme to cover-up that the killing Osama bin Laden in 2011 was faked. Trump has twice promoted this theory to tens of millions of followers on Twitter https://t.co/kkrOYlu9wZ — PolitiTweet.org

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1. The media routinely ignores conduct from Trump that would be debilitating for any other presidential candidate. In recent days Trump has promoted an unhinged theory that Biden ordered the murder of Navy SEALs I looked into how the media covered it Follow along if interested — PolitiTweet.org

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Reality check. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SuzanneNossel I would say they suppressed some, but it was a modest effort. And now even that is being rolled back. — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: 225K shares on Facebook. That's 88K shares in the last 4 hours or so. — PolitiTweet.org

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So just to get today straight, Ben Shapiro, whose Facebook fan page gets significantly more distribution than the N… https://t.co/ed84uKUV8n — PolitiTweet.org

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@DrewHolden360 Trump told Comey he did not stay overnight at the Moscow Ritz in 2013. His bodyguard said he did. Not sure what this has to do with my analysis of today’s NY Post story. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. Clarence Thomas wrote an unusual opinion released Tuesday that's worth your attention Thomas argues that courts are givi… — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: 137K shares on Facebook — PolitiTweet.org

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This is going to shock you but Trump has no idea how this law works. Repealing 230 would not require Facebook to di… https://t.co/MdjYATecu3 — PolitiTweet.org

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You probably see a lot of tweets claiming that Facebook is "censoring" the NY Post article on Hunter Biden. If that's true, Facebook is doing a very bad job. The story has been shared more than 103K+ thims in 12 hours. Its been steadily rising the last few hours. https://t.co/hDXfQB0c7j — PolitiTweet.org

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@crowdtangle 18. UPDATE: The Daily Beast interviewed the owner of the computer repair shop who gave the info to Rudy Giuliani and the entire story is collapsing on itself https://t.co/KEVY3gF3Os https://t.co/Z1Zq6J8oR4 — PolitiTweet.org

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The Biden campaign released a statement hours ago saying the meeting never took place. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emilybell: This is a good account of how a partisan local network like Sinclair Broadcasting pushes particular views through network af… — PolitiTweet.org