Letter: Don't accept what you read on internet without due analysis

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a meeting with the Russian athletes who will take part in the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (Grigory Dukor/Pool Photo via AP) We only have ourselves to blame. Russian influence in our 2016 presidential election? That is the age of the internet. I’m more curious about how we allow ourselves to be influenced at all.

If we read everything posted on the internet without a thoughtful process, we will be influenced by any number of opinions. Read what you want, but please, analyze it, and study it to see if it bears out…