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The masthead lost all credibility with this article [0] days before the election. They did spend lots of time and effort understanding the rest of America (sure
by akhilcacharya 6y ago
The masthead lost all credibility with this article [0] days before the election. They did spend lots of time and effort understanding the rest of America (sure, that’s fine and good) with little understanding or reflection of their own impact.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-el...
- LegitShady 6y agoThe story seems accurate.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoLiterally the second paragraph > And even the hacking into Democratic emails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump. Was contradicted weeks later [0] and again by the bipartisan senate intelligence committee [1] this year. Stay for reporting on Stone, which also aged poorly though I can’t blame them for not predicting the future. [0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber-russia/russia-intervened-to-help-trump-win-election-intelligence-officials-idUSKBN13Z05B https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber-russia... [1] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/senate-intel-report-confirms-russia-aimed-to-help-trump-in-2016-198171 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/senate-intel-report...