SNOPES: What We Know So Far About WikiLeaks' #DNCLeaks

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5. Thanks, Hissyspit. It is good and clear.

Unquestionably, the e-mails demonstrated that the DNC operated as an arm of the Hillary Clinton campaign, planting information in the media* to flatter Clinton and damage opponent Bernie Sanders. The revelations were particularly damaging because the DNC was obligated to behave neutrally, and had repeatedly denied the demonstrated favor toward Clinton existed.

The spin cycle.

"Conspiracy theory! Conspiracy theory. It's not happening! You're all nuts, imagining something so bizarre and totes unthinkable! Shame. Shame. Shame."

Then, evidence is produced and the spin changes to....

"Big deal. No surprise. Everyone does this. It's SOP. Why are you making a fuss? What jerks you are to be upset. Shame. Shame. Shame."

In between, omg, the nitpicking, the challenging, the demands for proof beyond a reasonable doubt that no one could possibly have fulfilled. And, even if someone had produced such evidence--required only at a criminal trial-- no one would admit they had done so.



I don't know if snopes is correct that the allegations about Russia are true or not. If not, they are no theory. They are garden variety lies, told to distract and as if discrediting the messenger somehow negates the disclosures. News flash. It doesn't matter if Lucifer or Archangel Michael disclosed this. It's true and it's disgusting and shameful and strikes at the heart and soul of our system. The only words I have for those who seek to excuse it, rationalize it, minimize it, distract from it, etc., or pretend it's on a par with booing, are "Shame on you."



*In case anyone missed it, the media had to have known and been complicit.