VIDEO-Aaron Maté on Twitter: "OMG, a sober/informed Russia take on MSNBC! @AdrianChen , who profiled indicted Russian troll farm in 2015, tells @chrislhayes that what other MSNBC guests have compared to Pearl Harbor "is essentially a social media marketi

OMG, a sober/informed Russia take on MSNBC!

, who profiled indicted Russian troll farm in 2015, tells

that what other MSNBC guests have compared to Pearl Harbor "is essentially a social media marketing campaign" and maybe not worthy of a national freakout

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Adrian's piece:

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I assume it’s the last time Adrian will be on MSNBC?

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You misunderstood what I meant. He’s reasonable and NOT WRONG. The opposite of of Russiagate sycophants on MSNBC want.

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This analysis seems to assume that the indictments describe the extent of the campaign. IF these actions were part of a larger coordinated effort to install a president compromised by financial entanglements it’s OBVIOUSLY a political equivalent to a physical invasion

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Not saying we’re there yet but let’s not downplay the stakes and the potential of the damage we’ve barely begun to assess. From Now on anybody looking at one indictment or headline to create an overall analysis without looking at the totality is doing a disservice

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It is, however, the kind of thing that we do to other countries, and not something that any other country is ‘supposed’ to do to us.

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this has been kind of chapping my hide the whole time. us being shocked, shocked! to find gambling is going on here.

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Also: Posting anything political was NOT the purpose of that marketing campaign. That only increased followers. Commercial selling of product promotion to followers was the real income stream.

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Can you imagine the social media participation of an American pesidential election? What a marketing bonanza. Pure genius up to a point. They never realised the political implications nor the potential blow back.

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He torpedoes MSNBC's go-to Russia hysteria story!! I envision producers on set mouthing imprecations a la the church scene in the Graduate...

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Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes and the rest of the crew

prey on vulnerable Dems who believed the Clinton hype. They make millions off their dangerous lies.