The last section of
Molly McKew's Wired essay about the recent
DOJ indictment of Russian influence in the 2016 is a conclusion in search of supporting evidence:
4. What impact did it have?
We’re only at the
beginning of having an answer to this question because we’ve only just
begun to ask some of the right questions. But Mueller’s indictment shows
that Russian accounts and agents accomplished more than just stoking
divisions and tensions with sloppy propaganda memes. The messaging was
more sophisticated, and some Americans took action. For example, the
indictment recounts a number of instances where events and
demonstrations were organized by Russians posing as Americans on social
media. These accounts aimed to get people to do specific things. And it
turns out—some people did.
How many? Did the material change the minds and votes of undecided voters? These questions she lacks answers to, but that it did is taken as an article of faith. It explains the nutjobbery of CNN in this excerpt:
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