Propaganda bots and troll armies? None have been linked to the Russian government. Surely someone wishing to spend time making bots and hiring trolls would pr

Propaganda bots and troll armies? None have been linked to the Russian government. Surely someone wishing to spend time making bots and hiring trolls would promote certain articles, but if the American papers did an acceptable job writing about facts, those bots/armies would obviously prefer to link American articles if trying to persuade the American people. So it's not sufficient to cite the means of distribution/virality, one must actually dig in and find factual problems with the content. Motive is even more difficult, as the motive of discrediting American leaders for lies or misdeeds is arguably in the public's best interest, so it's hard to persuade me that doing that is somehow harmful to America, even if it was done by an adversary.