Don't Forget to Adjust for Russian Trolls
Americans aren’t quite as bad as the internet has led us to believe.
by Conor Friedersdorf
Oct 20, 2017
3 minutes
Former President George W. Bush’s speech this week in New York City flagged a malign force in the world: the “sustained attempt by a hostile power” to feed and exploit America’s divisions.
“According to our intelligence services, the Russian government has made a project of turning Americans against each other,” Bush said. “This effort is broad, systematic, and stealthy, it’s conducted across a range of social-media platforms.” He urged new efforts to secure the American
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