Why shouldn't it be? Learning about unusual and sometimes grim things that are outside of our bubble is a good thing.

This is «politics» in terms of game theory, it is «news» in terms of occasion, and can claim some right to be here for its share of intellectual interest in the dynamics involved.

you know what would be a more interesting discussion? how russia and iran are using any army of bots and people behind the screen to sway public opinion; our actual democracy has been errroding for years and noone wants to talk about it.

> and noone wants to talk about it

Except we actually «talk about it» very frequently: we are well aware of the presence of informational warfare also after the articles so frequently published about it.