But as the public learns more about the hidden propaganda role of Russian "trolls," or fake identities on the internet, an Oregon City man named Jeffrey St. Clair has become an unintentional authority on the subject — by virtue of having been duped by one.
St. Clair is the editor of the popular left-leaning website Counterpunch.org. On Christmas Day, he became the center of the sort of mainstream media news frenzy that he'd normally be critiquing from the sidelines.--NB
I have interest in this story and interview because I've contributed to CounterPunch on numerous occasions. Likely, the FBI scrutinizes every writer who publishes with CP and many other U.S. left/independent news organizations. So they stumble across an "Alice Donovan," who doesn't really exist. The Washington Post is tipped off, and a reporter calls CP's St. Clair.
But here's the catch. This story's headline says the non-existent Alice Donovan is a Russian troll. As St. Clair points out in the interview, there's no proof anywhere that AD is infact a Russian surrogate. All anyone knows is that it's a fake name adorned by plagiarism.
The headline states "Russiagate" as fact. The sloppiness of mainstream journalism rolls on. WTF? It will be interesting to see if St. Clair responds to this.
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