Pennylynn wrote:
Russia did not interfere in 2016 e******ns, or I should say no more than the interfered in other e******n in the past 20 years. From a historical perspective, it is worth considering, increased news media focus on negative advertising helped accelerate this trend, creating a vicious cycle of attack politics driven by political consultants and journalists.
Many years ago, Shanto Iyengar of Stanford and Stephen Ansolabehere of Harvard wrote: "Once upon a time, this country divided itself neatly along party lines. Most people v**ed; those who did not tended to be poorer, less well educated, and more apathetic, but still party loyal. Television has changed all that. Now, we are split by a new division: between loyalists and the apathetic. On the one hand, media propaganda can often shore up loyalists to v**e for their traditional party; on the other hand, that same propaganda is increasingly peeling off a band of citizens who turn from independence to apathy, even antipathy, toward our political institutions." He noted, the closer the race the more negative the ads and the more the media pushes those ads. Do some research, on any given day a negative political ad is presented about every 20 minutes and the closer it gets to e******n that time is shortened to every 7 minutes. And the media,they will ignore a real crisis in favor of indorsing their canadate or printing a negative story on the advisory. Many think that the "fact finder" companies are trust worthy, fact is they find favorable facts for those who pay their salaries.
As far as President Putin's remarks, he intended humor. When asked about concerns the Russia might interfere in the 2020 US e******ns, he replied: "I'll tell you a secret: Yes, we'll definitely do it," Putin said. "Just don't tell anyone," he added, in a stage whisper. "You know, we have enough of our own problems," Putin continued. "We are engaged in resolving internal problems and are primarily focused on this." Even C*******t News Network--CNN recognized his remark as humor.
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His humor is as funny as a double agent.