Something Must Be Done: Fake News Attacks French Presidential Elections; Macron Blames Gay Affair Rumors on Russians

In response to a report published by Sputnik that claimed French Presidential candidate, Macron, was super gay and involved with an extramarital affair with some very gay man, he’s striking back with all of the style and panache you’d expect from a perfectly straight man — crying foul and bitching about FAKE FUCKING NEWS.

Clearly, the Russians are involved here, just like the Americans were responsible for the Buzzfeed report that said our President enjoyed being urinated on by Russian hookers.

To be clear, anything printed in the media by someone of Russian origin is directly working for Putin and should be dismissed as FAKE NEWS.

Jesus Christ. Read this Reuters report. It’s actually quite funny, unintentionally.

French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron is being targeted by Russian media and internet attacks from within Russia with the goal of helping the election campaigns of his pro-Moscow rivals, his party chief said on Monday.

The comments by Richard Ferrand, secretary-general of Macron’s En Marche! (Onwards!) party, marked the first direct accusation from a French political party that forces in Russia were trying to influence the outcome of the May election.

Ferrand, who said Moscow looked favorably on the policies of far-right leader Marine Le Pen and center-right candidate Francois Fillon, urged the government to take steps to ensure there was no “foreign meddling” in the election.

Drawing a parallel with the U.S. presidential election in which U.S. intelligence agencies saw the hand of the Kremlin, he said: “The Americans saw it, but it came too late.”

Ferrand’s comments came against the backdrop of an electoral campaign of smears in which several big names have fallen off the radar, while conservative candidate Fillon went from frontrunner to also-ran due to a scandal involving his family.

Macron, an independent centrist, surged into the gap to become favorite to win the May 7 second-round against Le Pen, who is anti-EU and supports Russian policy on Ukraine.

A Feb. 4 report by the French language version of online Russian news agency Sputnik quoted the pro-Putin center-right French legislator Nicolas Dhuicq as saying Macron was a puppet of U.S. political and financial elites and that revelations about his private life would soon be made public.

The report appeared to play a part in Macron being forced on Feb. 7 to kill rumors of an extra-marital gay relationship.

Ferrand told France 2 television that Russia Today and Sputnik, Russian state-controlled media, had spread “fake news” with the aim of swinging public opinion against Macron. He said Macron was a target due to his pro-Europe policies.

“It is clear that the far-right and the right and their candidates are rather well regarded (in Russia) while we call for a strong Europe, a powerful Europe. It is obvious, objectively, that a certain number of Russian media clearly don’t want that,” he said.

Fillon, who has seen his lead evaporate amid a “fake jobs” scandal involving his wife, has spoken positively about improving relations with Russia.
“Two big media outlets belonging to the Russian state Russia Today and Sputnik spread fake news on a daily basis, and then they are picked up, quoted and influence the democratic (process),” Ferrand said.

Ferrand said Macron’s campaign was being hit by “hundreds if not thousands” of attacks on its networks, databases and sites from locations inside Russia.

“What we want is for authorities at the highest level to take the matter in hand to guarantee that there is no foreign meddling in our democracy,” Ferrand said.