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    A data analyst conducted a study of Obamacare posts on Facebook and discovered that 60% of more than 225,000 posts published by 40,000 profiles were actually posted by 100 people.  Kenneth Brown also found that most of those posts were published...


    Since AT is a political opinion site, to stave off allegations of bias or that the researcher's findings should be accepted as fact:

    Attkisson: Is there any reason to believe Republicans don't do the same thing, and corporations as well?

    Brown: There's no reason to believe that everybody's not doing it.
    As for Mr. Brown, it should be noted that we have little idea of who he is and no idea of whom he works for, nor can we ascertain the validity of his methodology, except for identifying the general kind of software he used for his analysis. Also, there is no specific evidence that the pro-Obamacare posters were paid for their efforts, although the organized nature of the propaganda suggests money behind it.

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    Most of the time I read positive internet write ups of reasurants I assume it is the cook, the cook's mom, and his/her significant other. I am not always that cynical, but it is the nature of the tool. When I read on here of how to fool the system into allowing multiple votes online, for example Infinity, I am not surprised when it is not done elsewhere

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      Citing “lessons learned from online engagement with ‘Bernie Bros,’” a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC is pledging to spend $1 million to “push back against” users on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Instagram.

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