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Because the NYT is a US media institution and not a foreign country run by an authoritarian (ex-KGB no less) with strong incentives to disrupt politics in the U

• convolvatron 9y ago
  isn't the basic problem that people are willing to swallow entire narratives from random people without being sufficiently critical? Even if the propaganda came from one of the US parties directly instead of being funded by a foreign agent, democracy fails if whoever yells the loudest most ridiculous thing wins the election.
  • aaron-lebo 9y ago
    Of course that's the basic problem, but if you don't lock your door, you'd still want to know who broke into your house?
    • convolvatron 9y ago
      eh...not really? it doesn't seem particularly fruitful. its not going to change anything, or prevent the Finns or Alabama State Bowling League or the Presbyterians from having an undue influence in any future election. I'm really alot more concerned that there seemingly isn't any way to get people to vote based on reasoned discourse about the best way to govern the country. Given that, showing that some Russians who may or may not have had some ties to Putin's government posted misinformation on Facebook seems a bit irrelevant. Anyone can post misinformation. In your analogy my prized possessions are heaped in the middle of a field 2 hours outside of town.