I disagree. I don't know about the specifics that Dalio lays out, but as a media person who has been on both sides this issue, his detailed account of the WaPo'

I disagree. I don't know about the specifics that Dalio lays out, but as a media person who has been on both sides this issue, his detailed account of the WaPo's alleged journalistic malpractice rings very true. In other words, what he describes may or may not have actually happened in this case, but boy does it look exactly like the kind of thing that used to be very routine at every level of the old-line print media, from local papers to big magazines. Journos (or, in many cases, their editors) have a sensational story they want to tell, and they're going to tell that story regardless of how the actual reporting goes and what facts it turns up. This happens again and again and again. In fact, it used to just be the way things were done, with any positive deviation from that coming about by happy accident. Recent incidents that come to mind are the big Asian nail salon expose that had a ton of problems, or the infamous Rolling Stone rape piece. The list goes on, tho. So this post is a really good look at how "fake news" has operated for at least the past six or so decades.