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The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a United States law passed in 1938 requiring that agents representing the interests of foreign powers in a "political or quasi-political capacity" disclose their relationship with the foreign government and information about related activities and finances.

 

Wikileaks ✅

National Enquirer  ✅

Fox News  ✅

Drudge (all those adorable RU links)  ✅

Dozens more individuals spread across our political landscape ?

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Recall that violation of FARA laws were a part of the initial Manafort and Gates indictments.  That was one year ago - plenty of time for a heads up for any others involved in anything remotely related to voluntarily go talk to the FBI.  But if you thought it didn't apply, and if the FBI wanted to talk to you about it, and you lie, lie, lie, that might lead to perjury charges, right Mr. Corsi ? 

Corsi likely being notified by a target letter about pending perjury charges probably led to him spreading the word to interested parties about that "mush" in his head.  That might trigger some abrupt twitter plug pulling by those who haven't yet been questioned by the FBI.

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Hey now, Twitter can be great when used for the right things.

 

It’s best uses are for fun and not serious entertainment - and that’s why mixing it with politics is terrible.

 

It’s not bad for breaking news updates.

 

It’s great for spreading the word in emergencies - saving a bunch of horses and other animals in these California fires and it was great to spread the word on where what supplies were needed after Hurricane Michael.

 

It’s awesome for football coach meltdowns and spreading awesome clapbacks (OK cool . Hook em ).

 

It’s just too shallow and full of too many dumb people for most serious stuff.

 

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3 hours ago, triplehorn said:

Recall that violation of FARA laws were a part of the initial Manafort and Gates indictments.  That was one year ago - plenty of time for a heads up for any others involved in anything remotely related to voluntarily go talk to the FBI.  But if you thought it didn't apply, and if the FBI wanted to talk to you about it, and you lie, lie, lie, that might lead to perjury charges, right Mr. Corsi ? 

Corsi likely being notified by a target letter about pending perjury charges probably led to him spreading the word to interested parties about that "mush" in his head.  That might trigger some abrupt twitter plug pulling by those who haven't yet been questioned by the FBI.

But,

 

 

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What could possibly cause all these accounts to go silent at once?  Did they all get handed search warrants and/or subpoenas?  

FTR Drudge is a notorious springboard for Russian propaganda.  Not sure if it’s intentionally malicious though since they pull news from all over the place. 

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5 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

What could possibly cause all these accounts to go silent at once?  Did they all get handed search warrants and/or subpoenas?  

FTR Drudge is a notorious springboard for Russian propaganda.  Not sure if it’s intentionally malicious though since they pull news from all over the place. 

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.  / Raycom Media Inc. / Tribune Media Company / Meredith Corporation / Griffin Communications /and Dreamcatcher Broadcasting LLC

Any of those ring any bells ?

 

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The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with six broadcast television companies — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.; Raycom Media Inc.; Tribune Media Company; Meredith Corporation; Griffin Communications; and Dreamcatcher Broadcasting LLC — to resolve a Department lawsuit alleging that the companies engaged in unlawful agreements to share non-public competitively sensitive information with their broadcast television competitors.

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the unlawful exchange of competitively sensitive information among these six broadcast television companies, their sales representatives, and other broadcast television groups. At the same time, the Department filed proposed settlements that, if approved by the court, would resolve the lawsuit’s alleged competitive harm alleged in the complaint.

“The unlawful exchange of competitively sensitive information allowed these television broadcast companies to disrupt the normal competitive process of spot advertising in markets across the United States,” said Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. “Advertisers rely on competition among owners of broadcast television stations to obtain reasonable advertising rates, but this unlawful sharing of information lessened that competition and thereby harmed the local businesses and the consumers they serve.” 

 

"The proposed settlement further requires defendants to cooperate in the department’s ongoing investigation, and to adopt rigorous antitrust compliance and reporting measures to prevent similar anticompetitive conduct in the future."

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

What could possibly cause all these accounts to go silent at once?  Did they all get handed search warrants and/or subpoenas?  

FTR Drudge is a notorious springboard for Russian propaganda.  Not sure if it’s intentionally malicious though since they pull news from all over the place. 

I mentioned this in the indictment thread:

but in thinking about Murdoch and Thompson quietly meeting with McConnell the same day FNC’s twitter feeds went dead.....if you’re protesting theTucker thing, if people don’t actually know what or why you are protesting, the protest is completely useless.  

You post a tweet saying that you are stopping all FNC tweets in protest of Tucker’s info being on twitter, and that people should only go to FoxNews.com.  added: you want your followers to join you in the protest to make them feel involved with you.

By going completely cold, people have no idea what the hell is going on (making you look incompetent), and you lose some traffic.  

Helluva coincidence FNC goes cold on twitter the same day as that meeting. 

 

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BOOM!

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-six-broadcast-television-companies-terminate-and-refrain-unlawful?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with six broadcast television companies — Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.; Raycom Media Inc.; Tribune Media Company; Meredith Corporation; Griffin Communications; and Dreamcatcher Broadcasting LLC — to resolve a Department lawsuit alleging that the companies engaged in unlawful agreements to share non-public competitively sensitive information with their broadcast television competitors.

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the unlawful exchange of competitively sensitive information among these six broadcast television companies, their sales representatives, and other broadcast television groups. At the same time, the Department filed proposed settlements that, if approved by the court, would resolve the lawsuit’s alleged competitive harm alleged in the complaint.

“The unlawful exchange of competitively sensitive information allowed these television broadcast companies to disrupt the normal competitive process of spot advertising in markets across the United States,” said Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. “Advertisers rely on competition among owners of broadcast television stations to obtain reasonable advertising rates, but this unlawful sharing of information lessened that competition and thereby harmed the local businesses and the consumers they serve.” 

According to the complaint, the six broadcast television companies agreed in many metropolitan areas across the United States to exchange revenue pacing information, and certain defendants also engaged in the exchange of other forms of non-public sales information in certain metropolitan areas.  Pacing compares a broadcast station’s revenues booked for a certain time period to the revenues booked in the same point in the previous year.  Pacing indicates how each station is performing versus the rest of the market and provides insight into each station’s remaining spot advertising for the period.

By exchanging pacing information, the broadcasters were better able to anticipate whether their competitors were likely to raise, maintain, or lower spot advertising prices, which in turn helped inform the stations’ own pricing strategies and negotiations with advertisers.  As a result, the information exchanges harmed the competitive price–setting process.

The proposed settlement prohibits the direct or indirect sharing of such competitively sensitive information. The Department has determined that prohibiting this conduct would resolve the antitrust concerns raised as a result of the conduct of these defendants.  The proposed settlement further requires defendants to cooperate in the department’s ongoing investigation, and to adopt rigorous antitrust compliance and reporting measures to prevent similar anticompetitive conduct in the future.  The settlement has a seven year term, and it will continue to apply to stations currently owned by defendants, even if those stations are acquired by another company.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., a Maryland corporation with headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland, owns or operates 130 television stations across 87 markets. In 2017, it reported revenue in excess of $2.7 billion.

Tribune Media Company is a Delaware corporation; its headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois. It owns or operates 41 television stations in 31 markets and had over $670 million in revenue in 2017.

Raycom Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, has its principal place of business in Montgomery, Alabama. It owns or operates 55 television stations in 43 markets and had over $670 million in revenue in 2017.

Meredith Corporation, an Iowa corporation, has its principal place of business in Des Moines, Iowa. It owns or operates 17 television stations in 12 markets and had over $1.7 billion in revenue in 2017.

Griffin Communications is an Oklahoma corporation; its principal place of business is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It owns or operates four television stations in two markets and exceeded $60 million in revenue in 2017.

Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC, a Delaware corporation, has its headquarters in Santa Monica, California. It owns or operates three television stations in two markets and had over $50 million in revenue in 2017.

As required by the Tunney Act, the proposed settlement, along with the department’s competitive impact statement, will be published in the Federal Register.  Any person may submit written comments concerning the proposed settlement within 60 days of its publication to Owen Kendler, Chief, Media, Entertainment, and Professional Services Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 8700, Washington, D.C. 20530.  At the conclusion of the 60-day comment period, the court may enter the final judgment upon a finding that it serves the public interest.

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1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

BOOM!

 

“The unlawful exchange of competitively sensitive information allowed these television broadcast companies to disrupt the normal competitive process of spot advertising in markets across the United States,” 

Boom the got busted for colluding on advertising pricing? I must be missing the smoking gun on this one that ties twitter silence to it.

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Boom the got busted for colluding on advertising pricing? I must be missing the smoking gun on this one that ties twitter silence to it.


I don’t get it either. It’s certainly a notable news event but it’s hard to see what it could have to do with this thread.
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1 hour ago, relapse98 said:

Walk me through it? It seems like grasping for straws to tie the lawsuit, that doesn't include Fox, to this.

What stands out is the timing of the DOJ appearing to make moves on multiple fronts to curtail or takedown propaganda organs with Russian ties.  This thread started because of the twitter blackout of GOP aligned entities.  

But relating to the new DOJ suit posted just above note this re Sinclair Broadcasting, named in the above suit:

 

-- "The United States' largest owner of television stations, Sinclair Broadcast Group, mandated that its outlets run a segment on the so-called deep state that was produced by a former reporter for the Russian propaganda outlet RT, according to a new report. 

The "must-run" piece aired on March 21 and featured Sebastian Gorka, the former adviser to President Donald Trump, lamenting the existence of a deep state—a popular conspiracy theory in some circles that longtime career public servants in the government are working to subvert the U.S. government. Trump has repeatedly complained about such a mysterious rogue network. 

Sinclair national correspondent Kristine Frazao produced the segment. Before joining Sinclair in 2013, she was an anchor/correspondent at RT, formerly Russia Today, for more than three years, according to her LinkedIn page. RT is an international television network funded by the Russian government. The Columbia Journalism Review called it "the Kremlin's propaganda outlet."

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RussiaTimes (RT) and Sputnik recently had to register under FARA due to their propaganda initiatives.  I encourage you to look a little deeper into what kind of forces are in play at Sinclair Broadcasting (largest owner of television stations) regarding forced production, political allegiance, and propaganda.  Then take Sinclair and fold in 5 other broadcast companies involved in an illegal scheme to outcompete everyone.  It's likely that the direction this was headed was far from complete, but you get an idea of the scalability of propaganda in store, with Sinclair leading the way, if this progresses unchecked.

 

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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

At least we still have diamond and silk still tweeting 

 

 

I realize they're aligned with Trump and the Dummycrats is obviously a reference to Democrats but from that picture, one could easily think the two women under the title are the "Dummycrats."     They should have realized that unless they are the dummycrats...

 

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21 hours ago, Continental Op said:

Worrying where conservative Twitter went would be like if there was a homeless man who came and vigorously masturbated outside of your office window around lunchtime every day and you went looking for him when he didn't show up one day.

That reminds me, what happened to Rocko?

 

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2 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

The mystery of Lou Dobbs continues. Maybe he really is just crazy as fuck and not a part of the conspiracy. I suppose it’s possible. Does he tweet?

Lou Dobbs was a Nationalist back when Trumpkins were still Neocons. The dude is a trendsetter.

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39 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Yep, fooled me too.  Checked out Wikipedia and his birthdate is in '45.

Yep, that's a sad 73. Can't even own the dignity of his age by going with that horrid hair job. Just screams disingenuous and snake oil. But when you're at the end of your career and have POTUS private number, you can't let your HCFM status slip.

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