investigation in response. and in 2017, 3,000 news outlets around the world share tweets that originated from russian bots, even marquee publications from the washington post and our own nbc news. making it not just a campaign tactic, it is happening right now in the present tense. my guest tonight on for the special discussion the author of the all new don t think of an elephant and an expert on how donald trump and others use and sometimes abuse twitter. nick, part of this story, fraud works best when it s not caught. how did that play under your analysis? this story we did is a key
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hole into a broader world of influence and identity theft that stretches around the world and involves governments, politicians, criminal secynda kets. it s so funny because a lot of people style themselves, i ll admit i do, maybe advertising doesn t work on me, these frauds don t work on me. i think that s a place we start. yet, professor, your research and your writing really goes to the opposite point, how profoundly impactful frames are, before we even process cognitively those around us. what is your view of nick s reporting here. this is crucial for democracy. the way that dictators work is this, they frame first, they get their narrative out there first, and then they repeat it and the
nobody s asked me to take a loyalty pledge other than the oath of office. tonight s news is clearly a new example of donald trump allegedly asking about the allegiances of top officials investigating him at a time he knew he was the subject of a criminal probe. don t get tired of these stories, the fact that they re repeating makes them worse, not a subject for fatigue. we can add to that other accounts from nbc news as well as the washington post about trump asking fbi director comey for a loyalty pledge. he asked specifically for loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. reports are saying that trump kept doing that, asking everyone