How Russian & Alt-Right Twitter Accounts Worked Together to Skew the Narrative About Berkeley
An interesting look at how the Alt Right continues to attempt deflection of heat over Charlottesville to Antifa, and to how our media is buying into the Russian assisted agit propaganda.
Notably, Julian Assange was the most influential contributor to to the #Antifa hashtag (as measured by engagement), and both Roger Stone (bottom row, far left) and Nigel Farage were also among the top influencers (bottom row, last on the right). Interestingly, Alan Dershowitz was another top influencer (top row, fourth from the left) for the hashtag #Antifa, while Fox News was the only media organization in the top 30 influencers.
A final noteworthy observation: The third most influential contributor to the #Antifa hashtag was one of the many fake Antifa accounts (BevHillsAntifa) created in the spring and summer of 2017.
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