It's like hitting someone very hard on the head and then apologizing. The damage is already done - 90% of the people who read the headlines won't notice the retraction.
So preventing false headlines should have far greater priority than apologies/retractions - which are 90% useless. No, it is not all good now! Even the very continued mentioning of "Russian hackers" achieves a goal, very subtly. Just having that term out is enough.
Given how much more advanced other countries are, I can't believe all the stuff the Russians suddenly are supposed to be capable of. To me it seems that the real "hackers" (of public opinion) are located in places very different from Moscow or Leningrad, much farther West.
So preventing false headlines should have far greater priority than apologies/retractions - which are 90% useless. No, it is not all good now! Even the very continued mentioning of "Russian hackers" achieves a goal, very subtly. Just having that term out is enough.
Given how much more advanced other countries are, I can't believe all the stuff the Russians suddenly are supposed to be capable of. To me it seems that the real "hackers" (of public opinion) are located in places very different from Moscow or Leningrad, much farther West.