OMG: NYT reports Dems used 'similarly deceptive tactics' in Ala. Senate race as Russians in 2016 election

A blockbuster report released Wednesday night alleges that the party of the jackass used "similarly deceptive tactics" in the Alabama Senate race last year as Russia used in the 2016 elections.

The New York Times reported:

"The secret project, carried out on Facebook and Twitter, was likely too small to have a significant effect on the race, in which the Democratic candidate it was designed to help, Doug Jones, edged out the Republican, Roy S. Moore."

The Times noted that the methods used by Democrats concern the few who fear that they "taint elections" in the United States. Other Democrats are okay with it as long as it's their party coming out on top.

"The project’s operators created a Facebook page on which they posed as conservative Alabamians, using it to try to divide Republicans and even to endorse a write-in candidate to draw votes from Mr. Moore. It involved a scheme to link the Moore campaign to thousands of Russian accounts that suddenly began following the Republican candidate on Twitter, a development that drew national media attention."

The New York Times obtained an internal report on the Democrat's operation, which stated it "experimented with many of the tactics now understood to have influenced the 2016 elections."

"We orchestrated an elaborate 'false flag' operation that planted the idea that the Moore campaign was amplified on social media by a Russian botnet," the report added.

The Times report states that the operation only had a "budget of just $100,000, in a race that cost approximately $51 million," as the rag tried to downplay the impact of the operation. As much as they suck, however, at least they've reported on it.

Of course, mainstream media outlets, including The Times, have repeatedly hyped Russia's efforts in the 2016 elections to use social media to create division. But when the Democrats do it . . .  no big deal.

How much money did Russia's troll farm spend on Facebook ads? $100,000. Does that amount seem to ring any bells?

The idea that Democrats' deception operation was designed to have "almost no impact" on the race is nearly impossible to prove, especially considering the fact that "when Election Day came, Mr. Jones became the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter of a century, defeating Mr. Moore by 21,924 votes in a race that drew more than 22,800 write-in votes. More than 1.3 million ballots were cast overall." 

And why design an operation to have "almost no impact" in the first place?

There will definitely be more to follow, just don't expect to get it all at The New York Times.

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