· by phileil.bsky.social ·14h ago · view on bsky.app ↗

From the RhodeIsland community on Reddit: I’m a Longtime Local Journalist. Here’s Why I’m Trying to Unmask “What’s Going On in Rhode Island.” (reddit.com)

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Over on Reddit, I wrote about why I believe Rhode Islanders should know who is behind the massive, anonymously-run "What's Going On in Rhode Island" accounts.

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Erik · 6 · 13h ago

I’ve long wondered about accounts like this. There are many seemingly pro-USA pages on FB that have been linked back to accounts in Eastern Europe. These local accounts seem to encourage similar jingoistic, pro-cop attitudes. There’s a vacuum and it will be filled.

jaimi.bsky.social · 1 · 12h ago

Paul Manafort’s old colleague the fled Ukrainian quisling Viktor Medvedchuk is probably involved in a lot of them— he is known to be running lots of EU democracy-subverting media sites from exile in Russia now.

Philip Eil · 13 · 14h ago

An alternative headline for this post could be: "Here's Why Anonymously Run 'News' Accounts Are Bad, and Ripe for All Kinds of Unethical Behavior."

Jessica David · 1 · 13h ago

When I try to view, I see this:

Philip Eil · 3 · 12h ago

Here you go!

Jessica David · 2 · 12h ago

Thank you!

David Dadekian / Eat Drink RI · 2 · 13h ago

Weird. I shared that because your screenshot doesn’t show for me. Ah, technology.

David Dadekian / Eat Drink RI · 2 · 13h ago

RhodeIsland moderators pulled Phil’s post: Your comment/post was removed because it violates Rule 4 and the site-wide content policy. Any email addresses, names, phone numbers, license plates, or other personal information must be redacted from any photos posted and cannot be included in . . .

Elizabeth Bennett · 1 · 14h ago

Godspeed!

Aprile529 · 3 · 14h ago

Why would an account like that need to be anonymous?

Philip Eil · 3 · 14h ago

Great question!