I'm not totally sure I understand the problem. It seems to me that the United States has often tried to influence the opinions of other nations. So exactly what is wrong with Russia reciprocating? As long as no one is tampering with the actual tally in anyway, freedom of speech is just that --- the right to try to influence others --- no matter their agenda. It would be hoped that in a true open society that the ramifications of various values should come to light. But what if the news media fails to elaborate or reveal the whole truth because it is itself BIASED!
Now, I fully understand that lies should not be promoted as fact; however, has not the news media of late been guilty of trying to persuade society of the virtues of say homosexual behavior by making them out to be always the victims.
How about inferring that Mrs Clinton was going to win the election over Trump by a landslide? How about reporting that celebrities had said that they would leave the country if Trump were elected?
Yet the news media doesn't mention how many of them (if any) actually left! They never seem to explore why Mrs. Clinton was not elected --- but point to foreign interference as the only possible excuse. And it seems odd to me that when even a priest is reported to have raped an alter boy, it isn't reported as a homosexual act --- however, the archdioceses is certainly dragged through the mud... A "CHURCH" scandal --- yet not a deviant sexual shame! That would offend a whole different group of constituents...
Dear @LitteNipper:
What the MEDIA is trying to spin on this
to LURE and BAIT audience members and voters to incite activity over nothing to go on:
1. They are trying to IMPLY that Trump KNEW that Russians were planning ILLEGAL
activities. That's different from foreign agents just using or abusing the internet
and free speech like everyone else is doing for politics. Because Russians were caught
doing ILLEGAL things such as fraud on a federal/federal level, the way that the liberal
media and politicians are playing this is trying to implicate Trump as "knowing in advance."
2. They are trying to incite fear that the Russians/foreign agents actually manipulated
electronic voting. The closest reports were that hackers accessed the voter DATABASES
in Florida, but this isn't the same as actually altering votes. Since it is "close enough" the media reports this using
looser headlines that IMPLY Russians had ACCESS and got into the actual voting instead of the voter information which is different.
Russians hacked voting databases in two Florida counties in 2016, governor says
3. As long as people AROUND Trump get implicated on sideline issues (called PROCESS crimes, where they made errors in their testimonies during the investigation and talking to Congress/federal govt agencies under sworn oath), then the media and the political opponents try to use these to either implicate Trump, go after Trump, or imply they have something on Trump. Even forcing these people to try to testify against Trump to plea bargain (even if they have nothing, they can IMPLY they do and STRING THE PUBLIC ALONG thinking they have something on Trump).
Examples of procedural crimes that they are using to imply they have something to implicate Trump on:
A. lying to IRS about records or transactions, even if these are personal business and are not directly related to the matter
B. errors or false statement details in testimonies
C. any changes, contradictions or corrections such as on whether they were present or knew something
These are three areas where they are STRINGING the public along either for click bait profits off media hype
and/or voting and donation drives to hype up these issues for campaigns. The candidates/parties need BAIT
to keep up media hype and presence. It's like constant trolling, worse than cliff hangers to get people hooked on soap operas.
