In snotty piece about indictment of Internet trolls that claims "large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess credibility of the things they read," Evan Osnos admits Mueller "trolling" the press.https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/reading-the-mueller-indictment-a-russian-american-fraud …
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Replying to @emptywheel
"Even the trolls themselves were surprised at what Americans would believe." People believe Pres. Obama is a foreign born Muslim, & Hillary molests children in the basement of a pizza joint. Once you start down that road, you’ll believe anything.
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Replying to @wayneh0813
He actually didn't defend that point. But he would have been better talking about tribalism, starting with journalist tribalism.
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