Re:A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories
by tptacek on Sunday August 28, 2016 @02:24PM
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You are rebutting an argument the New York Times piece is not making.
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Re:A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories
by bobthechef on Sunday August 28, 2016 @02:53PM
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It doesn't need to be. It is implied. Sort of how food manufacturers make favorable and technically correct claims about their food but with the implication that competitors lack the claimed positive trait. Talking about someone else's flaws is also a way of distracting from one's own.