[marron]

Chinese and Russians have hacked State and Pentagon computers, but no big deal. Its all part of the Great Game.

But stealing Podesta’s password! That’s war!

[Steve_Seattle]

"Chinese and Russians have hacked State and Pentagon computers, but no big deal. Its all part of the Great Game."

The hack described in the article was of no use politically. At worst (from the media's perspective) it might reflect poorly on Obama's stewardship of the national security infrastructure. But that connection was not made - the story came out, and was allowed to pass by with little comment or consequence.

But this recent fake Russian story - "the Russians hacked the election" - was VERY useful to the MSM, giving them a tool to delegitimize Trump's election. So now every day there's some new story about Russia: Russian hacking, or Trump's Russian business connections, or Trump once ate at a Russian restaurant - anything to demonize the Russians and to tie Trump to Russia.

A year ago, the malware discovered in a computer at a small utility plant in Vermont might be local news, if that, but now it becomes a national, above-the-fold story because the media think they can use it to harm Trump.