> While it might be to their interests , podesta's emails were not russian propaganda per se. As a technical point, real emails absolutely can be propaganda. G

> While it might be to their interests , podesta's emails were not russian propaganda per se. As a technical point, real emails absolutely can be propaganda. Good propaganda isn't all lies, or even mostly lies. It needs to be believable, like a good con. This comment says it well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13045955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13045955