Comment on Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns

• DandomRude@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it’s quite likely that the US regime also commissioned this video and then promoted it with Musk’s help.

  They have been doing this for a long time. Another prominent example of such lies, pushed with enormous media power, is the false claim that Trump won the election against Biden, which directly led to the attack on the Capitol by MAGA fanatics on January 6, 2021.

  I don’t believe that MAGA strategists are overly influenced by social media in their approach. Rather, I believe that many of the apparent majority opinions presented on mainstream social media platforms are artificially created to suit their tastes with the support of people like Musk, Zuckerberg, and other media moguls, as these influential billionaires are united on their side and are well capable of accomplishing this.

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  • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I haven't heard anything like this. Do you have any proof of the Trump administration commissioning videos like these?

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    • DandomRude@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I just think it’s likely. I can’t name a source that would prove that the Trump administration directly commissions videos like this.

      However, people like Nick Shirley, who made the “Minnesota child care center fraud video,” work in a highly dubious manner, as described in this article, which also discusses his proximity to Trump’s MAGA a bit. In addition, some MAGA influencer accounts are apparently financed from abroad or even reside outside the US. Equally suspicious is how Trump handles the press pool at the White House, replacing seasoned journalists who ask critical questions with right-wing extremist social media conspiracy theorists.

      All of this leads me to conclude that this regime is using every means at its disposal to control the media discourse. In the latest edition of The Tonight Show, John Oliver provides an informative and amusing overview of how the spread of far-right ideas and the associated misinformation works on Twitter.

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      • realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It's fair enough to believe that it's likely, I guess.

        I do think that with things like this, regardless of who's in power, it's far less likely that the administration tells or even asks people to push certain messages, than that people who are already aligned with the administration decide to push messaging that coincides with the interests of the administrations.

        I think Nick Shirley's investigations have been helpful in shining a light on real issues, but it's pretty clear with where he decides to investigate that he has an agenda.

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