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> The goal is to incite and inflame partisan distrust and anger in order to foment political paralysis This is arguably the similar goal of hyperbolic reportin
by kodablah 8y ago
> The goal is to incite and inflame partisan distrust and anger in order to foment political paralysis
This is arguably the similar goal of hyperbolic reporting about the effects of Russian influence and the frequency of these stories in the news cycle
- simonh 8y agoYes, that's definitely part of it. But what are the media supposed to do? Russian interference has been so spectacularly effective at dividing America, how can they not report on it? Yet reporting on it fuels the fire. Putin must be wetting himself laughing.