The Russian hacking allegation is a classic piece of red scare propaganda, right out of the book. Scarier than a Donald Trump presidency, is a constant barrage of fear mongering news.
-Hmm, the fishing email was sent from a server in Russia.
"Don't worry Trump will never win."
Trump wins.
"HACKING, RUSSIANS HACKED THE ELECTION!!!!!!"
It's Russias fault! Not the gross negligence of the democratic party! This has nothing to do with our terribly flawed candidate! The election was illegitimate!
But really, more concerning is the president of the United States calling an election illegitimate. That is the real news story here.
The Russians definitely hacked the US, as surely as they invaded Ukraine on two fronts.
The effects may be overblown, but it's not 'propaganda', it's just a simple truth.
'Propaganda' in the US works more like this:
+ US soldiers with Iraqi gov. is fighting ISIS (terrorists) in Mosul.
+ The Russians/Syrian regime are fighting 'rebel groups'. But those 'rebel groups' are mostly Al Nusra i.e. 'Al Queda in Iraq'. Basically as bad as ISIS. But they are called 'rebels'. So it's a softer kind of propaganda, generally.
They are an organization whose sole purpose is to gather information secretly from foreign operators. They've certainly had sources inside Russia in the past.