You're right. Putin is getting way too much credit! The media does more damage to this country in a day, than Russian bogeymen do. They divide us all by race, class, and sex. Then they mock those with different opinions, and call them stupid, or use their favorite line, and label them "racist bigots." The media thrives on division. They pour gas on fire because it sells papers, gets clicks, and TV views. It's sickening. Remember when the media mocked Romney for suggesting that Russia was our biggest geopolitical threat? They laughed, they mocked, they said he was an idiot. Now that they agree with him all of a sudden, but they still can't admit that he was onto something. Russia has been trying to influence our elections since the close of WW2, and we do the same thing to them. It would be nice to get to the truth without the apoplectic hyperbole.