> This is the exact decision that was made and accelerated by our military during wartime. This is our playbook.

I think journalists publish these articles not because they're (consciously) following the playbook, but because it's what sells.

Maybe people want to read stories about Russian "enemies" more than they want to see stories about American "enemies".

Or maybe journalists have the best intentions and they know the privacy battle is lost against Facebook, Instagram, Amazon. but it's not yet lost against the Russians etc.