I was just reading a story at another site with the Disqus posting system and I realized I had a response notice in the footer. When I clicked I remembered the story below and how it was such an obvious example of propaganda. RS should have caught this. On December 31st, I read the following propaganda piece and realized how easy it must be for bad actors to spread these “stories”. This one was slipped into one of my favorite sources for on the ground news. I can imagine it being republished hundreds of times by a wide variety of media. If this isn’t the perfect example of active Russian media influence I don’t know what is. What’s notable for me is how full out they were between election and inauguration. They had already pulled off the heist but had to keep up the pressure to finish the job.
WTF? See my comment and others here.
12/31/2016
The head of the defeated and humiliated Democratic Party declared the 35 Russians occupying those compounds "persona non grata," ordering them to leave the U.S. by high noon Sunday. <snip>
The urgency of Obama's response to alleged Russian interference in American politics stands in start contrast to his comments on terrorism. He has refused to use the term "radical Islam" or "Islamic extremism" to describe the violent totalitarian ideology animating the murderers of so many innocent souls around the world. When people shoot civilians with the cry of "Allahu akbar!" he argues that we need to be careful before attributing it to Islamist extremism or calling it "terror."
But Obama, his party and the media can't stop repeating, "Russian hackers influenced the 2016 presidential election." over and over again. The evidence is classified, but they assure us that it exists, and this is one enemy that they dare name.
The truth is out there. Don't expect to find it in Washington, though. For the Obama administration and the Democrats, it is the truth that is persona non grata.
I’m sure these efforts are still non stop, just more clever since last December.