"[T]he simplistic narrative that basically imagines that a bunch of subliterate-in-English trolls posting mostly static and sort of absurd advertising could have influenced American public opinion to such an extent that it fundamentally changed American politics is ridiculous on the face of it. And the fact that we're sort of falling deeper and deeper into that vision of the story is a little nuts."
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Masha Gessen, in an interview with David Greene of NPR "Journalists Argue Russian Interference Has Been Exaggerated" (1 March 2018)
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