direct link to memo download
I read the article and skimmed the memo. the memo read like about what I’d figure a campaign strategy would read like, I guess. I don’t really know Podesta or any or the names it was sent to, though, I don’t follow news or politics very closely; I admit my ignorance.
The ideas in the article don’t seem very controversial to me, although hinging the proof on this leak seems like reaching, because the tone of the memo didn’t seem conspiratorial. the memo seems like it said “echo chamber” twice and … yeah. but that these people would want to emulate a tactic they saw work for the Bush admin doesn’t seem controversial simply because [clutches pearls] THEY’RE DEMOCRATS! i.e. “the good guys.” No. They’re scum. They ran a candidate that voted for Bush’s war and they have the nerve to say they represent “progressive politics.” Whatever.
I wonder how far they were able to “create” an echo chamber effect. I’m sure they damn well tried but I feel like people in either faction totally want one anyway. For any issue, the internet enables an echo chamber for those that want one or at least do not actively think critically about sources etc, and that seems like most people.
