NBC News has published an article claiming Russia’s 2024 election interference has already begun despite offering no evidence over the course of almost 2,000 words on the topic.
“Russia is already spreading disinformation in advance of the 2024 election, using fake online accounts and bots to damage President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats,” the article opens, attributing the claim to “former U.S. officials and cyber experts” while going on to quote a 2016 Obama State Department intern, Bret Schafer, alongside current Biden national security advisor Jake Sullivan.
Schafer, who now works at the Soros-and-EU-funded German Marshall Fund think tank, alleged – also without evidence – that Russia has an “incentive” to hurt Joe Biden at the upcoming U.S. election. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently admitted, however, that his work has been aided by Biden’s weakness, calling him “better for Russia.”
Amidst fearmongering over “deepfake” audio, video, artificial intelligence, and hacks or leaks, NBC offers only the following justification for peddling the updated Russia hoax:
Accounts from one pro-Russia campaign that Meta, the owner of Facebook, cracked down on late last year, an English-language news influencer persona called “People Say,” are still live on other platforms, though some are dormant.
A “People Say” account on X is still visible, but it has only 51 followers and hasn’t posted in almost a year. Its counterpart on Telegram, which has become a home for some Americans on the far right, is still actively posting divisive content and has almost 5,000 subscribers.
The article offers no further evidence for the headline claim that “Russia’s 2024 election interference has already begun.”
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