> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." But when the "stupidity" always leans in one particular political direction, it'

> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." But when the "stupidity" always leans in one particular political direction, it's difficult not to attribut malice to it. > But this and the video game footage are readily attributable to the shoddy state of ad-funded clickbait journalism today, which is a separate issue from intentional propaganda. Not seeing how it is separate from intentional propaganda when it was done intentionally for propaganda purposes and it was spread all over news and social media for propaganda purposes. You say obviously there is propaganda on both sides ( which I agree with ), but then you excuse this away... I'm starting to like this aphorism better ... "Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice".