Template:Did you know nominations/Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:00, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President[edit]

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Jamieson in 2011

... that Kathleen Hall Jamieson (pictured) found in her book Cyberwar it is highly probable that Russia changed the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election? Source: "In a PBS Newshour interview about the book, the anchor asked Jamieson "Did Russia turn the outcome of the last presidential race?" Jamieson replied, "I believe it's highly probable that they did, not certain, but highly probable."
- ALT1:... that the book Cyberwar found it is highly probable that Russia changed the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election? Source: same as above

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lois Graham

Created by SusanLesch (talk). Self-nominated at 19:44, 28 November 2018 (UTC).

Starting review. Zeete (talk) 19:03, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
New, long enough per DYK check, 1,752 length; cited; neutral; Earwig reports violation unlikely; hook cited, interesting; QPQ done; image appears fair-use.

Should the sentence attributed to Huckabee be in quotes? More generally, is the Presuppositions section directly quoted from the book?

Should "highly probable" be in quotes? The transcript has none, but the headline does. "Why this author says it’s ‘highly probable’ Russian interference swung the 2016 election"

Thanks, Zeete (talk) 19:37, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the review, Zeete! To answer some questions, the photo is free not fair use, its license is Creative Commons attribution. Huckabee's quote was "You have to believe in unicorns." So no it should not be in quotes. Also no, that section is my paraphrase, not a direct quotation. For highly probable, I prefer no quotes (they can distract from the message) but it's okay with me if you want to add them. -SusanLesch (talk) 21:41, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. My mistake, I conflated fair/free. You've resolved all my questions about quotes.

Good to go. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 22:08, 11 December 2018 (UTC)