This is part of an ongoing series where I review some of the ads purchased by the Russians. In doing so I hope we can get a better understanding of what they were trying to do, and how to recognize it the next time we’re faced with propaganda.
If you want to follow along, the ads can all be downloaded here. All of today’s ads can be found in the 2016-q4/2016-11 folder.
Some of the strangest Williams and Kalvin ads came during November 2016. To say p(1)0001539 grossly oversimplified the American school system:
P(1)0001367 shows that the Russian ad writers had no idea of the concept of “cultural appropriation”:
It’s no surprise that p(1)0001543 got no clicks as it tried to make the statement that Black America has no interest in politics:
THIS IS AN OPEN THREAD. Take care, and be well.