I sometimes take a look at the comment section of articles I read and this morning came across a link to another blogger whose take on things seems pretty reasonable. Take a gander:
https://life-through-my-eyes.com/2016/12/19/liberal-finger-pointing-next-up-russia/
This is the link to the original article:
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/12/19/russia-hack-story-another-media-failure/
Thanks to the commenter “oh pleez” for the link.