http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...b5X?li=BBnb7Kz

So here's an example of what appears to be a perfectly 'harmless' story. I cringed at this passage though...

Sharpening the human drama even more are allegations from the U.S. intelligence community that Russia intervened in the campaign to help Trump.
While it's now common knowledge that Russia hacked the Podesta and the DNC, any suggestion as to motive, is pure speculation. There isn't a single shred of evidence that says they did it "to help Trump". I don't think it's clear that Putin 'wanted' Trump to win. In fact, such a conclusion defies logic. If you were Putin, would you rather negotiate with Trump, or Hillary? What's more logical, is that Putin simply wanted to weaken an incoming president Clinton.

Yet, this narrative that Putin was on Trump's side keeps getting rolled out there, over and over, in ways that are both overt, and sometimes very subtle.

Science has proven the power of repetitive thought. Constantly beating the drum over and over eventually causes people to believe what they are hearing. So subtly slipping in a suggestion toward a popular opinion, presented as fact, enough times, will eventually shape the nature of people's beliefs and public discourse.

Take the narrative that Trump is racist. Any intelligent person can see that the "mexicans are rapists" line was taken completely out of context. He was a little offsides when he went after the gold-star muslim family and talked about the wife being silent. Trump could have been more diplomatic there, but his comments hardly rise to the level of "racism". Other than that, I'm having a really hard time coming up with something I've heard Trump say, or seen him do that would suggest he believes in white supremacy.

Yet, the "trump is a racist" drumbeat continues, and look how many people believe it!