My favorite thing about the Russiagate conspiracy was that they (news media) blatantly retconned what the claim was to keep it from falling apart quite as soon. Originally the claim was that Donald Trump specifically colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election, and when that wouldn’t stick, they switched to “The Russians tried to influence the election” which was “proven” (I guess) by Russian facebook and twitter posts about the election.
My favorite thing about the Russiagate conspiracy was that they (news media) blatantly retconned what the claim was to keep it from falling apart quite as soon. Originally the claim was that Donald Trump specifically colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election, and when that wouldn’t stick, they switched to “The Russians tried to influence the election” which was “proven” (I guess) by Russian facebook and twitter posts about the election.