But here's the problem: the intelligence community never publicly accused the Russians of tampering with voting machines or that the effort had decided the election. In any case, whether the hacking had any effect on a US domestic election is something that the intelligence community is not in the business of measuring. One of the lessons of the 2016 election should be that as citizens, we need all the help we can get to differentiate truth from fake news. JUST WATCHED President Obama says goodbye Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH President Obama says goodbye 04:01In his moving Farewell Address, President Obama subtly acknowledged the problem of fake news, saying that "without some common baseline of facts...we're going to keep talking past each other." However, as the purveyors of fake news are gaining increasing power, the need for even more transparency is growing.

Source: CNN January 12, 2017 13:49 UTC