Normally I'd agree, under the premise that the party who manufactured the comments had the competence to hide/obfuscate their trail enough to make it not worth

Normally I'd agree, under the premise that the party who manufactured the comments had the competence to hide/obfuscate their trail enough to make it not worth following. However, the FCC's position is striking: they're not even maintaining the pretense of caring. This suggests sloppy execution and makes me revisit my priors regarding assumed competence. I think Schneidermann is right to spend resources on this angle, even if the chances of success are far below 100%.