'twas partly tongue in cheek, although ZH does seem to use Russian news/conspiracy sites as their sources. That's not "ties", of course. That's just what we'd associate with far leftist behavior ten years ago, but right wing behavior today. You got Americans who probably trust Memrit TV more than MSM news stories, or people who trust news from the Chinese state media. I don't believe in the "Trump collusion" story, but I do find it ridiculous just how much some people here suddenly trust the Russian Deep State's intel, as some sort of response to their own IC being untrustworthy. It's like a pathology of some people thinking: "Well, if People A are untrustworthy, then People B must be trustworthy". Sound logic....if one assumed there were only two sides to choose from each and every time.
I mean, I get why'd you not trust your IC. But would you trust every story the Iranian president told you about some anti-Trump politician or guy involved in the Mueller case? Simply on the basis that if you can't trust your IC, then surely you should trust the people the IC told you were rivals. Like Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea.