January 6, 2017

Americans can spot election meddling because they’ve been doing it for years





America gets taste of its own medicine?

While accusations of the Russian government attempting to interfere with the US election are troubling and should be taken seriously, the US is no stranger to election manipulation, writes Owen Jones. “The US is a world leader in the field of intervening in the internal affairs of other countries,” he writes. The US has intervened in a number of foreign elections, with the post-cold war Russia among the most notable.



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