| How Russia Is Attacking the Midterms with a Mother Jones Deepfake A few days ago, an X user called ром?degreesн''which is Russian for the name 'Roman'''posted a purported Mother Jones video that reported that the Democratic National Committee paid a whopping $259 million to Mark Thompson, the head of CNN, so the cable news network would promote 'gender transition among children.' The video''falsely branded with a Mother Jones logo''noted that CNN had aired '8,970 reports, programs, and shows that in one way or another promote gender transition among minors' and that the basis for this story were personal emails from Thompson pilfered by Anonymous, the hacker collective. The video featured Clara Jeffery, the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, hailing this 'great gift from Anonymous, which exposes the moral decay of the Democrats and the Democratic media that collaborate with them.' The video ended with the card that appears at the end of most Mother Jones videos: 'Read more at MotherJones.com.' |