Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider

By artappraiser on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 2:13pm |

How the Saudi Crown Prince used Twitter and a troll farm to smother dissent. Powerful reporting via @nytimes: https://t.co/q1boXUPRUF pic.twitter.com/ymEf0TujAo
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 20, 2018

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/us/politics/saudi-image-campaign-twitter.html

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Still, for all this circumvention it still came down to MBS on his phone directing the dirty dead.
Some people just can't let go, delegate properly...

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/10/21/saudi-crown-prince-pho...

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 1:55am

Interesting, from ancient Arab (not Muslim) culture, from someone I am definitely now going to follow on Twitter:

There’s a fitting Arabic proverb: “He kills the victim, and walks in his funeral” https://t.co/1za7aZrG26
— Mohamad Bazzi (@BazziNYU) October 21, 2018

Great to run across Bazzi's name! I recognized it immediately, as I used to keep an eye out for that byline during the Bush years, he had excellent sources and really came up with good stuff. And he is now, my underlining: NYU journalism professor. Former @Newsday Middle East bureau chief, Ex @CFR_org fellow. Writing a book on the proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 1:03am

How a smooth Saudi operative charms Washington and defends 'the indefensible'

Ali Shihabi has emerged as a kind of unofficial Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Now he's squaring the death of a friend with his staunch support for the embattled royal family.

By Nahal Toosi @ Politico.com, Oct. 23

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/24/2018 - 4:11am

Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider

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