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I follow politics pretty closely and this is literally the first time I've heard that anyone was alleging Russia actually hacked voting machines or switched vot
by jjeaff 6y ago
I follow politics pretty closely and this is literally the first time I've heard that anyone was alleging Russia actually hacked voting machines or switched votes. I had only heard about social media disinformation and social media disinformation campaigns.
I also never really heard many assertions that any of this was significant enough to have likely swayed the election.
- cwkoss 6y agoRussian "collusion" was the primary topic on twitter for most neoliberal pundits and party consultants in 2017
- joshuamorton 6y agoAs someone who followed things fairly closely at the time, that's not true. There was talk of meddling with voter rolls, but changing of votes was basically not discussed and was quickly dismissed.
- jjeaff 6y agoWell, that was found to be absolutely true. Just look at the emails released by Don Jr. himself. They planned to meet with someone who they believed to be working for the Kremlin in order to get dirt on their opponent.
- Gunax 6y agoSo I think you're right in the literal sense, but rainer is accurate in the sentiment. The media used the word 'interference' in an exaggerated and nefarious context, and they didn't seem very interested in clearing it up. Election interference--without context--is usually taken to mean vote interference. Like many things, it isn't an outright lie. But I do think it was misleading. And while you might not have been mislead, enough people were--as evidenced by that poll.