Global InformationCassandra MacDonald information
Cassandra MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cassandra Fairbanks March 11, 1985[1][2] United States |
| Occupation | Online journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Cassandra MacDonald (born Cassandra Fairbanks; March 11, 1985) is an American journalist and activist. As a journalist, she has worked for the Russian state-owned[3] international news agency Sputnik (2015–2017), far-right[8][15] American conspiracy theory[19] websites Big League Politics (2017) and The Gateway Pundit (since 2017), as well as Timcast (since 2021).
A one-time supporter of Bernie Sanders, MacDonald has received attention for her political transformation to a supporter of Donald Trump. As an activist, she is best known for "Find the Dancing Man," her 2015 social media campaign against fat shaming, and for helping to organize the DeploraBall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 2017 inauguration of President Donald Trump.[20] In 2020, MacDonald submitted evidence to the legal team defending WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his London extradition hearing.
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- ^ Romanova, Tatiana; David, Maxine (July 25, 2021). The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations: Structures, Actors, Issues. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-00624-8. Retrieved March 1, 2022 – via Google Books.
Because of the centralisation of statue authority and greater state influence over the media in Russia as compared to the EU, it is relatively easy for Moscow to project a coherent and unified interpretation of events. For Russia, an important vehicle is the state-owned Sputnik and associated RIA Novosti media and news outlets, as well as the RT news and internet channel, which, besides the Russian version, is broadcast in English, French, German, Spanish and Arabic.
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- ^ Zadrozny, Brandy; Collins, Ben (August 27, 2018). "Secret message board drives 'pizzagate'-style harassment campaign of small businesses". NBC News. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ Gabriel, Trip; Grynbaum, Michael M. (February 4, 2019). "With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
- ^ Ortiz, Jorge L. (February 7, 2019). "Blackface, assault allegations: How Virginia's political crisis unfolded". USA Today. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
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- ^ Krafft, P. M.; Donovan, Joan (March 3, 2020). "Disinformation by Design: The Use of Evidence Collages and Platform Filtering in a Media Manipulation Campaign". Political Communication. 37 (2). Routledge: 194–214. doi:10.1080/10584609.2019.1686094.
- ^ a b Wiggins, Bradley E (August 1, 2020). "Boogaloo and Civil War 2: Memetic antagonism in expressions of covert activism". New Media & Society. 23 (11). SAGE Publishing: 11. doi:10.1177/1461444820945317. S2CID 225356084.
- ^ Conroy, Meredith (March 2018). "Strength, Stamina, and Sexism in the 2016 Presidential Race". Politics & Gender. 14 (1). Cambridge University Press: 116–121. doi:10.1017/S1743923X17000642. S2CID 149955515.
- ^ Salter, Michael (September 2019). "Online Justice in the Circuit of Capital: #MeToo, Marketization and the Deformation of Sexual Ethics". In Fileborn, Bianca; Loney-Howes, Rachel (eds.). #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 317–334. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-15213-0_20. ISBN 978-3-030-15213-0. S2CID 203437591. Retrieved October 10, 2020 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Tani, Maxwell (October 2, 2017). "Fake news about the Las Vegas shooting spread wildly on Facebook, Google, and Twitter". Business Insider. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
The 4chan board posts were quickly picked up and magnified by The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website...
- ^ Darcy, Oliver; Gold, Hadas (February 15, 2018). "Far-right says FBI, distracted by Russia probe, missed warning signs in Florida shooting". CNN Money. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website known for peddling misinformation and conspiracy theories...
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- ^ Faris, Robert M.; Roberts, Hal; Etling, Bruce; Bourassa, Nikki; Zuckerman, Ethan; Benkler, Yochai (August 2017). "Partisanship, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Online Media and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election". Berkman Klein Center Research Publication 6. Harvard University: Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society: 15, 17–18, 44, 60, 63. ISSN 3375-9251. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Gabriel, Trip; Grynbaum, Michael M. (February 4, 2019). "With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ Goforth, Claire (November 13, 2020). "MAGA star who predicted 50-state Trump victory says he's single because of feminism". The Daily Dot.
Like many of his cohorts, Pool makes his bread by spouting an endless font of right-wing talking points and conspiracy theories...
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