I lived and worked in Communist countries. everything in the media in those places was a highly manufactured narrative supporting a specific political campaign. Intelligent people in those countries learned to read between the lines and discern the propaganda from any possible facts presented.
The American main-stream media now is no different.
What is this telling us? That the “Russia-gate” campaign is over. The Left and anti-trumpers will withdraw from this battle, and prepare for their next attack elsewhere.
Yes, those people in the former Communist countries knew that they were lied to. The problem here is that a lot of CNN and other MSM consumers have no idea they’re lied to. Tried to show a CNN watching friend a video with a different view. Didn’t want to see it. Mind you, I have other highly educated low-information voter friends. I stay away from political discussions. You can lead a horse to water, etc.