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Pro-Trump troll busted for running fake intelligence firm tied to Mueller smear
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A quick look at SureFire’s supposed international employee roster on LinkedIn reveals numerous profiles using fake headshots.
The profile for SureFire’s “Tel Aviv station chief” uses a picture of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. The deputy director of operations is, in fact, a pastor from Michigan, and the company’s “financial investigator” is Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz.
In a wider bid to support the authenticity of the firm, reporters have uncovered a bunch of old Craigslist advertisements boasting that the company was founded by ex-Mossad agents, offering investigative services.
A page on Medium associated with the company pushed two pseudo-journalistic stories about the firm, tied to suspicious and recently created Twitter accounts for reporters that supposedly authored the articles. On Tuesday, Medium suspended SureFire’s pages. The Twitter accounts are still up.
Even the Twitter avatars were revealed to be stolen from Instagram models.
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Fake news, or a prime example of winger propaganda? Discuss.
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A quick look at SureFire’s supposed international employee roster on LinkedIn reveals numerous profiles using fake headshots.
The profile for SureFire’s “Tel Aviv station chief” uses a picture of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. The deputy director of operations is, in fact, a pastor from Michigan, and the company’s “financial investigator” is Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz.
In a wider bid to support the authenticity of the firm, reporters have uncovered a bunch of old Craigslist advertisements boasting that the company was founded by ex-Mossad agents, offering investigative services.
A page on Medium associated with the company pushed two pseudo-journalistic stories about the firm, tied to suspicious and recently created Twitter accounts for reporters that supposedly authored the articles. On Tuesday, Medium suspended SureFire’s pages. The Twitter accounts are still up.
Even the Twitter avatars were revealed to be stolen from Instagram models.
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Fake news, or a prime example of winger propaganda? Discuss.