At The Daily Beast: political grifter @michaeldweiss, and his minions, report on imagined Russian skulduggery via Reuters. Political Reporter comments

Posted on October 21, 2016 by stephenkmacksd

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U.S. officials have warned that Russia may try to undermine the upcoming U.S. presidential election by spreading faked evidence of voter fraud, Reuters reported Thursday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, several intelligence officials said hackers may post photographs online purporting to prove the election was rigged with the help of voter fraud. They said they did not have any specific evidence to prove this would happen, but they have been warned about such attempts. (bold&italics my own,editor)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/10/21/officials-warn-russia-might-fake-voter-fraud-in-u-s-election.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

Anonymous sources ‘reporting’ on a non-existent ‘news story’ ! We are in very familiar Daily Beast territory: Yellow Journalism in service to The New Cold War !

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