Russians? What Russians?

Dear Dingo:
I just saw an interview with President Obama, in which he asks the question: why was the press obsessed with reading Clinton emails, but not the fact that Russians were hacking emails?
Can you answer this ?

Answer:
Yes I can. First of all, Americans have forgotten all about the Russians. As there is no reality show about them (at least in English)  they have no idea about Putin or his kind of politics. To the average American, Russia is just some big country over yonder-- a chunk of land visible only to Sarah Palin. Maybe it is chilly, so they wear big coats and drink vodka, perfectly harmless ;)

Secondly, there are many under-educated folks, who seem to love being told what to think. So if you tell them--"you should really worry about Clinton emails" about 100 times per week, or just repeat the word "Benghazi", they will in fact do so. Lastly, if that doesn't get folks motivated--they simply recirculate Facebook posts about bizarre Clinton child predation schemes involving D.C. Pizza parlors.

The obvious solution: a new TV show for Americans called : "Keeping up with the Putins", it will involve tigers, shirtless Putin selfies, drab apartment buildings, poisonings and nuclear proliferation. Great television and Russia explained.