Just Politics

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The UK Channel 4 Cambridge Analytica sting: https://www.channel4.com/news/cambridge-analytica-revealed-trumps-election-consultants-filmed-saying-they-use-bribes-and-sex-workers-to-entrap-politicians-investigation

Cambridge Analytica claims "entrapment & mischaracterization": https://ca-commercial.com/news/cambridge-analytica-responds-use-entrapment-and-mischaracterization-channel-4-news

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However CEO Alexander Nix acknowledges that on this occasion he misjudged the situation:

“In playing along with this line of conversation, and partly to spare our ‘client’ from embarrassment, we entertained a series of ludicrous hypothetical scenarios. I am aware how this looks, but it is simply not the case. I must emphatically state that Cambridge Analytica does not condone or engage in entrapment, bribes or so-called ‘honeytraps’, and nor does it use untrue material for any purpose.

“I deeply regret my role in the meeting and I have already apologised to staff. I should have recognised where the prospective client was taking our conversations and ended the relationship sooner.”

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Alex is in that difficult position where he must present as either a moron or a scumbag & does an exceptionally poor job of playing his very weak hand. Presumably he, at any rate, is toast.


Rebekah Mercer is "working to be part of the solution": https://www.thedailybeast.com/rebekah-mercer-stands-by-cambridge-analytica

I wonder if part of Rebekah's solution-efforts include getting some disaster consultancy in the US to draft the CA release above, with its American "z" in "mischaracterization" ...


Some commentary around the place suggests their data operation has been greatly overrated in the US & that the main reason they're hired by campaigns & PAC's is because it's a precondition for getting your snout into the Mercer trough.