The media gave what happened in Florida and the dereliction of duty or at least gross incompetence of the FBI a few days, and now they're back to the Russia "conspiracy".
Leaving aside that at least so far this has nothing to do with the White House, my reaction to the sum total of the Russian "meddling" in our election is a big yawn.
Millions spent on fake internet identities t-rolling Hillary Clinton? They got robbed. There are people in this hobby who do that kind of stuff for free. No need to spend millions. A couple of hundred a week would do.
They spent some real money on some rallies, but one was for Trump and one for Hillary and one for Jill Stein. Yes, they seem to have wanted Trump to win, but probably not because he'd do them any favors, but because all by his lonesome he erodes faith in the democratic process and divides the country. The latter is their real goal, which is why they paid for rallies for everybody.
Another major point is that this is no surprise. They've been doing this since the 30s. I doubt they stopped in between. I'm sure they funded a lot of groups who were protesting in the 60s. They've probably played these games during a lot of elections. I bet they had a ton of fun when Goldwater was running. Who paid for that nuclear bomb commercial, I wonder.
In fact, we play them too, in other countries. It's called disinformation.
See:
https://www.eupedia.com/forum/usercp.php
The horror expressed by the media when, in fact, they know all about this just makes me distrust them even more.
When they have some proof the Russians hacked the voting machines, or changed the voter rolls, or stole some boxes of paper ballots, something that could have actually impacted the election, let me know. I bet they ignored the rust belt upper Midwest too, which is where the election was really won, or lost, depending on your point of view. Everybody wrote them off.
This is small potatoes. Americans didn't need fake Americans on twitter stoking disunity in this country. The political parties and the media are quite good at doing that on their own. Just put Maxine Watters on screen and give her a mike, or Bill DeBlasio, mayor of New York, or members of La Raza. Give some more coverage to Ivy League perpetual students on aid who can't pass a course rioting over Halloween costumes. That'll do it for you. No need for fake accounts on facebook or twitter.
The Russians wasted their money.