Russia Influence Racket Redux - Expect the most polluted election ever as MSNBC redefines ‘Russia hoax.’

Wall Street Journal ^ | 21 May, 2024 | Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.

[MtnClimber]

When AP reports that “Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump, calling the US president more experienced and predictable,” how should we interpret this? Vladimir Putin hopes to help Donald Trump by tainting Joe Biden? Or by reminding Americans of his past meddling, Mr. Putin’s actually helping Mr. Biden?

Or maybe he really just wants to signal to a Russian audience that he’s not depending on Mr. Trump for a Ukraine resolution?

Get ready for the most polluted election in American memory.

Here’s CNN: “US intelligence officials are watching closely to see if the United States’ support for Ukraine will lead the Russian government to take more risks in potentially interfering in the 2024 presidential election. . . . President Joe Biden’s reliable backing of Kyiv—might be an ‘animating event for the Russians,’ the FBI official said at a briefing with reporters.”

That word “reliable” might have them rolling their eyes in Kyiv.

Adds CNN: “Russia could be motivated to more aggressively meddle in the 2024 election than it did in 2020. But US officials have not publicly identified any examples of that happening yet.”

But I just identified one—Mr. Putin declaring for Mr. Biden in the 2024 election.

SNIP

This latter claim, promoted through diplomatic channels as deliberate, undisguised Russian policy, is the kind of meddling the U.S. press loves to report. It goes unreported, perhaps because it would remind U.S. voters of the Hunter mess, something Biden supporters don’t want the U.S. public reminded of.

Ask yourself: Which has a bigger effect on our politics? A Russian propaganda video among millions of social media videos posted daily? Or the New York Times and MSNBC touting the video to their influential audiences last week as a Kremlin effort to inflame U.S. politics?

[MtnClimber]

I can see it becoming Russia, Russia, Russia like deja vu all over again.

[Red Badger]

Someone should buy MSNBC and fire everyone there..................

[adorno]

Someone should buy MSNBC and fire everyone there..................

Would never happen.

The democrats already 'own' MSNBC and CNN and NPR, so, officially selling the stations would bring in all kinds of progressive money to make them officially owned by the democratic party.

Face it, those stations are a lost cause, and unless republican money outbids any democratic money, they will be forever un-American and completely biased against the truth.

[Seruzawa]

Of course Putin wants the most incompetent fools as President of the USA. Just like he wanted Cankles.

[MtnClimber]

Putin wants a president so corrupt that they would sell out their own country.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I can see it becoming Russia, Russia, Russia like deja vu all over again.

"All over again"?

The Zeepers — who can't get enough of labelling Russia the source of all evil in the world — have never left.

[woodpusher]

Adds CNN: “Russia could be motivated to more aggressively meddle in the 2024 election than it did in 2020. But US officials have not publicly identified any examples of that happening yet.”

Perhaps Russia will buy even more ads on Facebook?

Maybe they will find another Hunter laptop, left behind in a Ukrainian repair shop. With deepfake videos of Hunter bumping uglies with Victoria Nuland. And playing a piano duet with Volodymyr Zelensky.

[lepton]

Bump