Analysis: Why the Memo Hit Its Target Even Without a Bombshell   The New York Times By MARK MAZZETTI

© Eric Thayer for The New York Times Microphones were set up outside a meeting room used by the House Intelligence Committee on Friday.

WASHINGTON — The release of the memo mattered less than #releasethememo.

After weeks of buildup, the three-and-a-half-page document about alleged F.B.I. abuses during the 2016 presidential campaign made public on Friday was broadly greeted with criticism, including by some Republicans. They said it cherry-picked information, made false assertions and was overly focused on an obscure, low-level Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.

It didn’t live up to the hype.

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