When we read news on RT or Sputnik, most readers will take it with a grain of salt. After all, those outlets, financed by the Russian government, will no doubt be putting a pro-Russian spin on their stories.
If, however, we read a story published by NATO, there is no salt required. Of course not! NATO is us... the good guys! Not NATO nor anyone in our media would put a pro-Western slant on a story. It's strictly objective truth and nothing but the truth!
The CBC has a story on view regarding Russian Twitter trolls. A NATO "academic journal" has unearthed more proof that the Ruskies were meddling in the 2016 election! Writer Kaleigh Rogers reminds us that "the goal of the Russian campaign was not to sway voters one way or the other, but to stoke debate and division among Americans," as if Americans need outside help becoming more divided.
In the first place, it's a pretty lame-ass election-meddling strategy the Ruskies have cooked up if its goal wasn't to sway voters.
More importantly, if encouraging debate and division is election meddling, isn't that what the Americans have been doing with Radio Free Europe since 1949?
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