Re:Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted...
by mistermann on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:34AM
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> what we're seeing here is either a real or theatrical conflict between factions that has spilled over
I agree, and the difference in tone between the original article and this would seem to agree...to me the difference seemed extremely odd, as if something else is happening to cause it.
Directing propaganda is the job of intelligence agencies.
The main geopolitical divide between power/intelligence factions in US in past few decades has been, and remains, the question of China-Russia relationship.
One camp believed the Sino-Soviet break was real and bet the Western farm on integrating China into the Western order. The other camp did not believe and used this very same publication, The Washington Post, to set into motion the removal of Nixon (who initiated the openning of China).
Given Washington Post's over the top anti-Russian stance these days, and the incoming clique's equally over the top statements viz a viz China ("bad") and Russia ("good"), what we're seeing here is either a real or theatrical conflict between factions that has spilled over to the propaganda organs of powerful Americans.