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Trump wasn't even trying to win the election... Heck, even south park did an episode on it. He knew he wasn't going to win, and even tried to throw the election.
You, just like the author of the article you shared, are displaying 100% the exact same behavior as they are claiming of others. Starting with this post here, you completely derail your entire argument. I, as an American, can honestly attest that our electorate is filled with generally good intentions but a decidedly uneducated majority -- they who are responsible for putting the man who clearly did not want to win into that office.
The people were already stupid long before Russiagate. Russiagate *should* have woke people up, but it did the exact opposite, it found the majority closing their eyes, covering their ears, and yelling "naananaannnana can't hear you, stupid!"
And that base, and the fools who got them worked up, largely view "the liberal college system" as an enemy of state. Yes, they view education as contrary to their beliefs. Probably because they should, because with education comes the learning that "wow I had no idea what I was talking about back then" and that danger to the religious right known as science is commonly lectured in those there schools. But that's a function of wanting to hold onto the past and comfort versus the unknown future of change.
Oh and for the author of that article: holy shit literally the only method of writing she used throughout that article is everything she claims to hate. No evidence, vague "experts" and especially relying upon a single favorite expert she so helpfully made plain to see, circular reasoning, and generally just writing a shit article that reads more like an angry blog. Maybe that's the joke, but if so, she achieved nothing.
I wouldn't trust their reporting on Russia, but the usa reporting is far better than the propaganda networks in the usa.
I mean, you can make that claim all day long, but until you cite any evidence for your claims that one is less biased than the other, you've done nothing except put a different spin on the same argument.
I'd also love to see what comprises your list of "propaganda networks," more so because I really want to see what you leave off that list. If you aren't paying attention to real purveyors of in-depth reporting and analysis and instead are focusing on the broadcast and cable news channels, I'd still warn you that where you see bias/tilt in a way as to support your argument, I'm quite sure a majority of the independent press correctly asserts that, in terms of true political bias, a majority of the "main stream media" are neutral, if perhaps ever-so-barely skewed toward the social left (personal freedoms) as opposed to the [bible-based] social right. Well, except for Fox News, which has always been decidedly conservative both politically and socially. Fair and Balanced my ass, only if you consider only the different views on the right and say it's fair and balanced between the various voices on the right but even that's a stretch.
In the interest of brevity (and I don't care to put anymore time to this post) I'm not showing my work until you show me yours.