Updated Timeline for Alabama Election Fraud DIGG (AET, Morgan, Dickerson, Shane, and WaPo): Who really wrote the damning report??
1-20-19
''Below is an update of the timeline from >>4816012 pb plus article CAPS: one from Morgan (posted pb but hard to read) and WaPo (new post). This info is complex; tried to make it accurate but plz read with care.''
DEC 19: Scott Shane publishes the NYT "Secret Experiment" article indirectly referenced in Post 2635. Describes Project Birmingham but makes no mention about the role of AET, although Shane knew it in Sept (see below).
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jones-russia.html
DEC 27: Buzzfeed publishes a story about Scott Shane being at a Sept 2018 conducted by AET, where Shane learns that that AET ran the anti-GOP fake bot campaign.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/alabama-dirty-tricksters-invited-a-new-york-times-reporter
DEC 27 & 28: Sputnik runs 2 stories: first one discusses how New Knowledge sometimes mistakes real people for trolls; second one reports on Buzzfeed's claim of having a New Knowledge report that proves election meddling
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201812271071023951-Company-Meddling-Report-Smear-Critics-Russian-Bots/
https://sputniknews.com/us/201812281071079929-New-Knowledge-Brags-Affecting-Vote/
JAN 2: After the shit hits the fan, AET's sub-contractor, Jonathon Morgan, protests that his company only conducted a small experiment, nothing designed to throw an election.
https://medium.com/@jonathonmorgan/social-media-and-the-alabama-special-election-c83350324529
JAN 6: WaPo obtains a 12-page doc titled "Project Birmingham," whose authorship is in question (same doc as Buzzfeed's? seems to be). Contains damning evidence that seems to show that this project was to throw an election, not just to test the "Russian bot" effect.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/secret-campaign-to-use-russian-inspired-tactics-in-2017-alabama-election-stirs-anxiety-for-democrats/2019/01/06/58803f26-0400-11e9-8186-4ec26a485713_story.html?utm_term=.3d435fdc9b0b
JAN 11: In an interview, NYT author Shane "forgets" that AED organized Project Birmingham; implies it was done by Morgan/Diresta/New Knowledge. No mention of AED.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/democrats-dirty-tricks-alabama-senate-race
RECENT POSTS ON ALABAMA DIGG
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>>4816012 Scott Shane admits that AET directed Project Birmingham in Dec but says nothing about it in Jan interview
>>4812856….Trying to make sense Of The Alabama Controversy (Parts 1,2,3)