Turns out Russian election meddling’s main impact was on the gullible journos who hyped it
Turns out Russian election meddling’s main impact was on the gullible journos who hyped it
nypost.com Turns out Russian election meddling’s main impact was on the gullible journos who hyped it
A widely cited list of Twitter users who were described as “Russian bots” included “a bunch of legitimate right-leaning accounts,” according to an internal 2018 email from Yoel Roth.
cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/80869
Russian propaganda looks like a failure if it was supposed to “reshape U.S. politics” or “sow chaos,” as the Times has claimed. But if the goal was persuading credulous journalists that “the American political system” cannot survive the likes of Nora Berka, the campaign has been a resounding success.
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