General Discussion

I guess having someone deep-six any unflattering stories from a big gossip organization was some-what advantageous. But the negatives of tfg were already bad for those of us on the "left" end of the spectrum. I don't think there wasn't some hint of how offensive this person actually was even without this (and other intercepted negative stories).

Assigning this episode as a game-changer in the 2016 election white-washes the press' inability to properly handle the Clinton "email scandal", which in the end amounted to nothing and wound up triggering the infamous "...but her emails" BS. This point IMHO was the one that cost Hillary the slim independent vote that won tfg key victories in a handful of swing states.