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Like amplify the false rumor a random Facebook mom in Ohio started?
You're pointing at a thing our own politicians and billionaires are currently doing and going "What if Russia did it too".
Understanding that the media amplifies particular stories to promote a perspective that is in their interest and against your own doesn't require the addition of a foreign power, that just muddies the issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
You're not really addressing what they said, thouoh. A Wikipedia article doesn't make their statement incorrect.
They did.
Did you read the rest of the comment?