mation techniques was conducted for the subsamples of each media outlet: Breitbart, Gab.com, Delfi.lt., and the New York Times. Given that theme analysis revealed a dichotomy in the treatment of Russian trolling-on the one hand, it was argued that Russian trolling existed, and on the other hand, that it did not-these positionings have been further quantified.Breitbart and the New York Times (due to their contrasting political ideology), were compared how news stories about Russian trolls have been treated in the comments. "Trolls do not exist" was found in 40% of comments on Breitbart news stories, compared to 18% of New York Times comments. Breitbart Example 1 2018-02-16 19:13:54 Wired Sources @WiredSources BREAKING: DOJ issues indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for election interference, organized anti-Trump 'resist' rallies. https://twitter.com/WiredSources/status/964566099865030656?ref_ src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fredstatewatcher. com%2Farticle.asp%3Fid%3D117940 SO THE RUSSKIES WERE COLLUDING WITH GRANNY! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 2018-02-16 19:14:44 Wired Sources @WiredSources BREAKING: DOJ issues indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for election interference, organized anti-Trump 'resist' rallies. https://twitter.com/WiredSources/status/964566099865030656?ref_ src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fredstatewatcher. com%2Farticle.asp%3Fid%3D117940 SO THE RUSSKIES WERE COLLUDING WITH GRANNY! HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO 2018-02-16 19:17:33 Wired Sources @WiredSources BREAKING: DOJ issues indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for election interference, organized anti-Trump 'resist' rallies https://twitter.com/WiredSources/status/964566099865030656?ref_ src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fredstatewatcher. com%2Farticle.asp%3Fid%3D117940 SO THE RUSSKIES WERE COLLUDING WITH GRANNY! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaa 2018-02-16 19:29:12 Wired Sources@WiredSources BREAKING: DOJ issues indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for election interference, organized anti-Trump 'resist' rallies. 2018-02-16 13:24 GRANNY COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSKIES ON THE ELECTION http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=117938