Good. Keeps it in the news.

I guess I'd be stupid to think that this guy would just retire or something.

Talk about Fake News!! Media Matters is desperate right now because Clinton was suppose to win and Brock would have a cushy job. Now he is scrambling to re-invent himself/company.

The first sentence of the article:

An anti-intellectual alliance of misogynists and white nationalists is using cult tactics to harass and abuse Americans.

Immediately setting up its readers to think that they are intellectuals - an old trick. Then goes on to pontificate sans logic or research. Pfft.

I couldn't even get halfway through that article, it was so enraging. David Brock needs to go crawl in a hole and stay there forever.

Archive of their article: https://web.archive.org/web/20161227135056/http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/27/misinformer-year-ecosystem-fake-news-and-alt-right/214899

They're once again trying to mislead the public by running with the narrative that CPP was the hub of the scandal.

The “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory proved this link. A fake news story emerged from the depths of the internet claiming that a D.C. pizzeria with ties to certain political figures was running an underground child sex-trafficking ring. It was patently untrue. And yet mainstream reports on the story, even great in-depth reporting from truly credible sources, treated the fake news as separate from the harassment that pizzerias across the country endured from believers of the bogus claims as they spread to include other restaurants.

Harassment is a deeply entrenched aspect of the “alt-right” community. It came to prominence with Gamergate, and then there was a wretched, bigoted campaign against black actress Leslie Jones. “Alt-right” figure Milo Yiannopoulos has now taken his harassment tactics with him on a college tour. Another example is the recent smear campaign against satirist Vic Berger by “alt-right” figure Mike Cernovich. Cernovich is no stranger to such tactics, having bragged previously about his ability to game Google to get other outlets to pick up on his smears, spreading the lies to more false headlines and more viewers. Comedian and producer Tim Heidecker has also spoken out about abuse he has received, including death-threats, as a result of "alt-right" criticism.

Now trying to discredit the /Donald subreddit, but hasn't mentioned anything of the community moving here to Voat, but it won't take long I guess.

Note that they're now trying to spin the harassment angle to legitimize their attack on the research, despite the clear work done by the independent crowd-sourced research being done.

https://archive.is/Yi8Wl :

Misinformer Of The Year: The Ecosystem Of Fake News And The "Alt-Right"

'And this ecosystem of fake news and the “alt-right” is entirely different from the previous right-wing media ecosystem. '

'Now a fake news ecosystem is feeding into the worst instincts of humanity while punishing anyone who dares stand up against them. '

'And yet, right-wing media are still allied with and permissive of the “alt-right,” continuing to train their focus on mainstream media. '

'The fake news ecosystem is broader than just lies; many of these lies are purposeful. '

'And this campaign, which has dangerous historical precedents, has been empowered by a fake news ecosystem and a tech industry that profits off the phenomenon. '

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