Now you say “similar!?” I thought you were talking about direct Russian influence.
Sorry:
Yes there is direct Russian influence in the political process via financial dealings, social media infiltration, hacking, etc...
But indirectly: the American Media is behaves like Russia *as* it blames Russia.
In the same way, the Russian media scapegoats the U.S. for everything..Been doing it for years and more blatantly than we have even after the “end” of the Cold War. (Hint: Cold War never ended for them because they won’t concede they lost!)