Re: Statistics at work ...
The point is: US President accuses Putin of XXX and Putin calling the accusations "baseless and politically motivated." is such a strong statistical signal in all training data, that the "AI" assumes this to be true also in this specific case.
If you repeat a lie often enough people and AI's start to believe it. I think it was only around 30mins after reports of Navalny's death that leaders queued up to declare it a murder and blame Putin. There were suggestions it was Fauxvichok again without any evidence, or the KGB's 'signature' death punch. Mythbusters showed the 1-inch punch isn't effective, there's another version that can be, but both would leave obvious evidence like bruising or damage to the heart. Some days later, Russia says it was natural causes, the body has been released but there are still few details. This hasn't stopped politicians or AI's speculation, or reporting misinformation however-
Lawyer and de facto opposition leader Navalny died on February 16th while serving a 19-year sentence for extremism-related charges, on top of another 11-and-a-half year sentence for fraud. His death sparked protests in Russia, and events honoring his life around the world.
De facto: in fact, whether by right or not:
A quick look at election results or polls in Russia would show that's simply not true. Navalny had very little support or recognition within Russia. Any quick look at Russia would tell you the de facto opposition party is the Russian Communist Party and it's leader is Gennady Zyuganov with 57 out of 450 seats in the Duma. Other parties are available, like Yabloko, which doesn't have any seats in the Duma and had expelled Navalny for being a racist. Navalny had far more recognition in the West because for some reason, our 'socialist' media heavily promoted a far-righ, nationalist and racist. But then he did provide copy. So he spent time and money coming up with elaborate CGI claiming to show Putin's yachts, or pleasure palace in Sochi. The latter a couple of YT'ers went to visit and quickly discovered it was a resort development owned by !Putin. If true though, it would have showed Putin has worse taste in interior design than even Trump.
But his death has allowed the MSM to display their cognitive dissonance-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68395030
Such is the fear of reprisal that Navalny's death did not spark mass, angry protests. Several hundred people were detained just for laying flowers in his memory.
Or if may just have been that Russians didn't care. Putin's approval rating is around 83%, the best Navalny seemed to manage is around 2-3%, and since his death that's declined because Russian's view him as just another Western puppet. Which is the strange part about the current MSM feeding frenzy with his wife, 'Yolanda'. The more we attack Putin, the higher his approval rating. He seems a lot like Trump in that respect. The only way 'Yolanda' would become Russia's President is if we supplied the voting machines. But it's going to be an interesting year with EU, US and UK elections. And by interesting, I suspect a bit of a bloodbath for our globalists and neocons.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
