The Washington Post featured an analysis on Monday that admitted that Russian trolls on Twitter had little effect on the results of the 2016 presidential election.
Many social media users considered an analysis from the Washington Post on Monday that revealed Russian trolls didn’tCybersecurity 202 newsletter author Tim Starks commented on a new study from the New York University Center for Social Media and Politics that revealed Russian operatives on Twitter likely did not influence voters during the 2016 presidential election despite concerns over foreign influence.
Twitter users quickly blasted the report for admitting that yet another Russia conspiracy theory was false only years after former President Trump left office.WASHINGTON POST SLAMMED FOR ‘NORMALIZING,’ ‘MINIMIZING’ PEDOPHILIA: ‘PART OF THE DEPRAVITY’"You don't say. Russiagate was - and is - one of the most deranged and unhinged conspiracy theories in modern times.
"After all the time, money, and headline space wasted on the Russian influence on the election, WaPo comes out with this detailed analysis on how it was all basically nothing — 6 years later," Townhall.com columnist Brad Slager wrote.Washington Examiner correspondent Byron York commented,"Another thing for the purveyors of Russia madness from 2016 to 2019 to be embarrassed about.
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