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Don't put too much stock in early reported details. Unfortunately, people are prone to wild speculation and mistakes are made. That said, you must be reading le
by goodcanadian 10y ago
Don't put too much stock in early reported details. Unfortunately, people are prone to wild speculation and mistakes are made. That said, you must be reading less cautious news sources than I as none of these "facts" were included in the stories I read. I have not seen any definitive statements as to how the chemical was applied except in hacker news comments.
- tyingq 10y ago>I have not seen any definitive statements as to how the chemical was applied except in hacker news comments I already quoted the text passage in the video from this BBC story, but here it is again: "The footage shows the woman in white lunging and wiping a man's face with a cloth." I assume the BBC aren't generally in your "less cautious" category. It's fairly easy to google around and find other news outlets saying "spray bottle", and the other terms I mentioned. Yes, I understand wild speculation. But I expect less of it from journalists.
- goodcanadian 10y agoPerhaps, I was uncharitable in reading your comment. To me it is unsurprising that we don't know exactly how it went down. Based on published quotes, Kim Jong-Nam, himself, did not know exactly what happened. It just struck me as an odd detail to call out. I wish I could expect better of journalists, but I find many news sources will publish any random speculation, and therefore, there are many that I either avoid or take with a very large grain of salt. As you highlight, the BBC is one of the better ones.