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‘They’re kidding, right?’ Social media unimpressed by intel report on Russia ‘hacking’ US election | ‘They’re kidding, right?’ Social media unimpressed by intel report on Russia ‘hacking’ US election |
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The US intelligence community have released their findings that supposedly prove Russian interference in the US presidential election with 7 of the 13 page brief dedicated to RT and its influence on the campaign. Twitter reacted accordingly. | The US intelligence community have released their findings that supposedly prove Russian interference in the US presidential election with 7 of the 13 page brief dedicated to RT and its influence on the campaign. Twitter reacted accordingly. |
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released the report on Friday titled “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US elections.” | The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released the report on Friday titled “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US elections.” |
READ MORE: RT stars in ODNI report on 'Russian activities and intentions' in US presidential election | READ MORE: RT stars in ODNI report on 'Russian activities and intentions' in US presidential election |
But instead of providing evidence of Russian interference, the brief relied on the CIA and FBI’s “high confidence” in the report’s findings along with the NSA’s “moderate confidence.” | |
Many people took to Twitter to mock the report’s RT obsession and failure to provide proof of “Russian hacking”: | Many people took to Twitter to mock the report’s RT obsession and failure to provide proof of “Russian hacking”: |
Most seemed to think the report reflected badly on the DNI more so than anything else. | Most seemed to think the report reflected badly on the DNI more so than anything else. |
Although there were some helpful takeaways... | Although there were some helpful takeaways... |
It wouldn’t be RT without some conspiracy theories, right? | It wouldn’t be RT without some conspiracy theories, right? |
In conclusion, the DNI cited two RT programmes they say were used to “intensify” criticism of Hillary Clinton… both of which haven’t been on the air in over a year. | In conclusion, the DNI cited two RT programmes they say were used to “intensify” criticism of Hillary Clinton… both of which haven’t been on the air in over a year. |
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