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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/12/the-man-who-discovered-cte-thinks-hillary-clinton-may-have-been-poisoned/ https://www.washingtonpos
by cmac2992 10y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/12/the-man-who-discovered-cte-thinks-hillary-clinton-may-have-been-poisoned/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/12...
Even though they aren't claiming these claims are true, its at the very least, incredibly misleading. They spend most of the article talking about how Putin has poisoned people in the past, and talking up the Drs credentials. There should be a disclosure that the claims are unsubstantiated. Or it should never have been posted.
That said the Washington post did some of the best reporting this election season.
- smt88 10y agoThere was no "claim" to disclaim by saying it's unsubstantiated. The original tweet was just that Clinton should be tested for poisons, not that she was definitely (or even likely) poisoned. It's true that headlines like these cause people to become certain about what is an unsubstantiated idea. But it's also within the realm of possibility that Putin did try to poison Clinton. It would be far from the most egregious thing he's ever tried to do, and (as the story describes) he's done it before.