BREAKING: Russians (and Macedonian kids we don't mention) used algorithms to do what algos designed to do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html …
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BREAKING: Media missed big story in real time, focused instead on personality flaws. Botched.http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/public-editor/a-muted-alarm-bell-over-russian-election-hacking.html …
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Um. No. Hillary directed a lot of focus on Russia, and media covered it. More than proven GOP "hacks."
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Replying to @emptywheel @mathewi
Media didn't cover it with anywhere near volume alotted her emails or (short-lived) pneumonia.
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No, they didn't. But they largely covered it BECAUSE she wanted focus there, not on things that might win election
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Replying to @emptywheel @mathewi
So she should have known Americans would not care that Russia was interfering in our process?
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She should have addressed 1) real, known threat (GOP hacking) 2) issues that voters cared about, like econ. @mathewi
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