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Mainstream media are lying about Mueller’s indictment of thirteen Russians

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

As usual the mainstream media are lying today about the implications of Special Counsel Mueller’s indictment yesterday of thirteen Russians for interfering in the 2016 presidential elections. The Washington Post is one of the most flagrant of the lying media. Here are the headlines and subheads of its two front page articles on the subject as of 7:58 a.m. Saturday morning:

First

Justice Dept. deals fatal blow to Trump’s Russia ‘hoax’ — A 37-page federal indictment released Friday afternoon spells out in exhaustive detail a three-year Russian plot to disrupt America’s democracy and boost Trump’s campaign. The indictment reveals that the scope of Russia’s alleged efforts to help Donald Trump defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was extraordinary. By Philip Rucker

Second

Special counsel indicts Russians in 2016 election interference — Thirteen people are accused of working for a Russian propaganda organization and posing as Americans to support candidate Donald Trump and attack his political opponent, Hillary Clinton. By Devlin Barrett, Sari Horwitz and Rosalind S. Helderman

Discredit all candidates

What the indictments of the thirteen and their documented activities actually show is that prior to the election the Russians sought to discredit all the presidential candidates but especially Hillary Clinton — whom they (and everyone else) thought would win. After the election, they did an about-face, turning the majority of their hostile posts against the unexpected presidential victor, Donald Trump.

Play no favorites

 In short, the takeaway, to any honest observer, is that the Russians aimed to create the maximum confusion and demoralization in the US citizenry. They played no favorites, expect to focus their greatest scurrility on whomever was the current expected or actual leader of the US.

Byron York gets it

Byron York was perhaps the first to report this correct analysis first: here and here.

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein too

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein gave a fair-minded news conference on the indictments. The important takeaway from his presentation is that the Russian social media manipulations had no effect on the outcome of the 2016 election.

hat tip: L.C.

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