"But nothing was done, according to Taibbi, due to what he judged were “concerns about taking on the politically connected Alliance for Securing Democracy.” “It was a scam,” wrote Taibbi. “Instead of tracking how ‘Russia’ influenced American attitudes, Hamilton 68 simply collected a handful of mostly real, mostly American accounts, and described their organic conversations as Russian scheming.”
It was a scam with huge consequences."
This is just one of a 5 part series “The Ministry of Truth Media” ala George Orwell, by Ken Braun.