On: Russiagate is a death-blow for the reputation of the American news media

[s_y_n_t_a_x]

Fair enough, I removed the unneeded sentence.

[dang → s_y_n_t_a_x]

"Lol, you just yelled strawmen over and over and called my comment propaganda without furthering your point at all." is also unneeded.

[s_y_n_t_a_x → dang]

That's your opinion. I think it was needed, and it wasn't a personal attack.