WOW! DNI Director James Clapper: Russia Behind Hacking and “Fake News” (VIDEO)

Fake News has received several headlines since the November election.
But we all know what the biggest fake news story of the year was…

Reuters reported on November 8th that Hillary Clinton had a 90% chance of winning.
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The New York Times reported on November 8th that Hillary had an 85% chance of winning.

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Five Thirty Eight blog said Hillary had a 71% chance of winning.

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Pollster Frank Luntz tweeted this out on Election Day.
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So fake news is a serious problem.

In December US lawmakers introduced legislation to take on “Fake News.”
We Are Change reported:

The witch hunt for “fake news” and “Russian propaganda” has been kicked up a notch, after the House passed a bill quietly tucked inside the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, designed to crack down on free speech and independent media.

Under “Title V—Matters relating to foreign countries,” the bill seeks to “counter active measures by Russia to exert covert influence … carried out in coordination with, or at the behest of, political leaders or the security services of the Russian Federation and the role of the Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly.”
It lists media manipulation as:

  • Establishment or funding of a front group.
  • Covert broadcasting.
  • Media manipulation.
  • Disinformation and forgeries.
  • Funding agents of influence.
  • Incitement and offensive counterintelligence.
  • Assassinations.
  • Terrorist acts.
    “It is easy to see how this law, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, could be used to target, threaten, or eliminate so-called ‘fake news’ websites, a list which has been used to arbitrarily define any website, or blog, that does not share the mainstream media’s proclivity to serve as the Public Relations arm of a given administration,” Global Research reported.

On Thursday DNI Chief Clapper, who is on record for lying under oath, agreed with liberal Senator Jack Reed that “fake news” influenced the November election.

James Clapper: Hacking was just a part of it. It also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news.

How can they say this?
Do they have any data to back this up?
Do they have any proof that Russia was behind any “fake news” website?
Do they have any proof that Russia was pushing any “fake news” story?

This is unbelievable!

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