Was Russia’s Propaganda Troll Army Behind This New York Photo Exhibit?

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Was Russia's Propaganda Troll Army Behind This New York Photo Exhibit?

The Kremlin’s network of professional propaganda-spewing internet trolls is large. According to one former insider, there are thousands of Russians who work full-time jobs publishing social media updates, internet comments, and blog posts specifically des

via Gawker: http://internet.gawker.com/was-russias-propaganda-troll-army-behind-this-new-york-1708449101

Though it purported to give an unbiased look at the recent violent unrest in each of the titular countries, Material Evidence stunk unmistakably of pro-government propaganda. The Ukraine section of the exhibition broadly depicted all Euromaidan protesters as neo-Nazis, and several of the Syrian photos were provided to organizers by the Syrian government itself.