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That's a funny article. It's all about the history of the report, but not a single word about corroborating evidence for any of the claims found in said report
by Natsu 10y ago
That's a funny article. It's all about the history of the report, but not a single word about corroborating evidence for any of the claims found in said report. That sort of silence becomes deafening after a while.
Given that the details that are verifiable are faring poorly--the wrong Michael Cohen was in Prague--that's not so good:
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/819187673961287681 https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/819187673961287681
Worse, there are (disputed) claims that the most infamous allegation in the report is a hoax from this guy:
https://twitter.com/trsprudence https://twitter.com/trsprudence
The hoax appears to have passed through a lot of hands, so it may never be possible to establish sourcing on this one, but other journalists report having seen the hoax, and it certainly reads like something the chans would dream up. They also point to this as one of their inspirations:
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2gk74a/til_when_the_kgb_tried_to_blackmail_indonesian/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2gk74a/til_w...
In short, I'll wait until I can get some verifiable facts here. The media has had this doc for months now, too, from other reports. If they had something out of this that they could report, someone should have done so by now.
- Natsu 10y agoI see that I've touched a nerve here. Can anyone explain which of these facts they disagree with?