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Most of us think that we have the freedom to choose a candidate and vote for that candidate. But in order to choose the right candidate, we need reliable information.Something unique has been happening, that prevents a large segment of the electorate from getting that information: The Trump team and its surrogates have driven a massive, unprecedented smear campaign against Ted Cruz that is damaging our system of free and informed voting. Integral to this campaign is an immense dissemination of slanted news and untruths over the Internet.Emblematic of this initiative is the epithet “Lyin’ Ted,” which Trump has not only used over and over in speeches, but has tweeted countless times. Since Trump has over 7 million Twitter followers, this reaches a very large audience. As a result, his supporters firmly believe Cruz is a liar and spread the epithet further around the Internet – though Trump has provided no backup for the slur.Also significant are Cruz hit pieces published in once-reputable news outlets. A number of them were penned by Trump ally and trickster Roger Stone. These skirt reality, or drift over the line into utter falsehood.In a lie-laden Daily Caller piece from January, “Who Is the Real Ted Cruz,” Stone writes, “Heidi is a proud member of the lefty Council on Foreign Relations, advocates of one world government and the New World Order.” First, she left CFR four years ago. Second: this refers to a pathetically untrue conspiracy theory about the “North American Union,” which never existed and never will.The NAU’s fictitious mission was to erase the borders separating Mexico, America and Canada. The notion was thoroughly debunked in a 2008 article, along with a study of the types that believe the myth, some not so pleasant. There’s been no sign of the NAU, in the years since. This slur has been repeated endlessly by Trump supporters who read it on one of the innumerable Cruz slander sites or on Facebook pages carrying long lists of fabrications about Cruz.Interestingly, at the March 3rd debate when Bret Baier asked Trump whom he trusts for national security, Trump named Richard Haass, the president of CFR......http://www.redstate.com/diary/blbennett/2016/04/23/trump-camp%E2%80%99s-cyber-war-ted-cruz/
In case readers aren't aware, Redstate is all in on Cruz.
The curious fact that pro-Trump websites are originating from a Russian-leaning Slavic outpost in southeastern Europe raises questions, particularly considering the strange alliance between Donald Trump and pro-Russia conservative outlets such as InfoWars and Michael Savage.This also seems linked to Donald Trump’s “bromance” with Vladimir Putin, and the fact that the Trump campaign is now in the hands of Paul Manafort. The Washington Free Beacon reported that “he formerly served as a senior adviser to recently ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, a close ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.”
