US media outlets aren't ready for Russia's election interference

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• Reports of Russian interference in the 2020 US presidential election look likely to undercut that election's outcome and further undermine US political stability.
• Even with the lessons of 2016, US media outlets, which are on the front line against disinformation and falsehoods, are still ill-equipped to deal with the information warfare Moscow looks set to conduct.
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If recent history is any guide, the United States is less than a year away from a paralyzing national security crisis.

Whether President Donald Trump or his Democratic challenger wins in November, revelations that Russia is once again interfering in the 2020 presidential election all but guarantee that the legitimacy of the electoral results will be called into question, potentially undermining the country's very political stability.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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