Guy W. Farmer, Nevada Appeal; see also (1)
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The Senate Intelligence Committee recently released two independent reports on Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election in the United States. The reports accuse the Russian government of conducting a disinformation campaign designed “to help elect President Trump, and worked even harder to support him while in office.”
“The Russians aimed particular energy at activating conservatives on issues such as gun rights and immigration, while sapping the political clout of left-leaning minority voters by undermining their faith in elections …” both reports concluded.
And what are we doing to counter Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign? Not much! During the Cold War I spent 28 years with the now defunct U.S. Information Agency (USIA), which told America's story to the world (the agency's motto) and aggressively countered Soviet disinformation and misinformation. But after USIA was merged..