‘You told the whole story with just one picture. No caption or text required.’ ALBERT ANDRUS, Hamtramck, Mich. HACKING U.S. DEMOCRACYMassimo Calabresi’s May 29 story about Russia’s use of social media to influence Americans was a reminder to be “wary of the source of that liked/upvoted social post,” wrote Sanjeev Verma of Sunnyvale, Calif. However, as Francis Hamit of Sherman Oaks, Calif., pointed out, foreign attempts to sway American politics aren’t necessarily new. “It’s just that we are finally paying attention,” he noted.
The issue’s cover provoked a similarly strong response. Anthony Plumer of Portland, Ore., called the image of Moscow’s St. Basil’s Cathedral merging with the White House “utterly chilling.” But others argued such a cover should not run before an investigation into possible connections between the two…
