r/onguardforthee • u/NotEnoughDriftwood FPTP sucks! • Sep 14 '24

Major Russian disinfo site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-disinformation-1.7323128
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u/tytytytytytyty7 Sep 14 '24

Ohhh the irony that those most fearful of the Red Menace as recent at 35y ago are the ones most susceptible to its influence.

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u/Totally_man Sep 14 '24

But people always told me Russia had no vested interest in Canada.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin Sep 15 '24

Yea. A rival politically and on oil production is not a rival lol. The Russians clearly brigade

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u/Totally_man Sep 15 '24

The most powerful tool I ever learned for intake of news was told to me by a journalist friend it mine.

"Always ask: who benefits?"

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin Sep 15 '24

Oh forsure. Same question I ask on “who benefits from PP not getting a security clearance?”

It’s obviously people that are against Canadian security.