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This is unfortunate but I support Veritas. I think, in general, they do good work in exposing corruption, and bias. Just because WaPo caught them this time does

This is unfortunate but I support Veritas. I think, in general, they do good work in exposing corruption, and bias. Just because WaPo caught them this time doesn't mean they're wrong, or WaPo is wrong. The past few years have given me a deep distrust of all media.

nadagast 9y ago
This would be a reasonable opinion if the far right reacted to this event by giving credit to WaPo--if their genuine interest was in the truth and good reporting. Unfortunately truth and good reporting is not their goal, and this entire story will be presented in a very different light on far right sites.
Malician 9y ago
From my perspective the fake "Bernie Bernstein" calls claiming to be from the WP, the disproven claims of an audio tape of WP reporters offering 1000$(sp), the claims that Olde Hickory House didn't exist at the address which were disproven by newspaper ads and other evidence, the claims that the county was dry at the time Moore was alleged to have bought girls alcohol (it was not and the pizzeria actually served wine) - All of these come together to be a flood of unvetted claims to keep Moore ahead until the election. It doesn't matter if they're disproven because many voters hear about them and take them as gospel without ever hearing the other side of the story.
maxerickson 9y ago
What's your favorite example of their good work?
- Overtonwindow 9y ago
  Acorn.
  - mejari 9y ago
    ...was proven to be completely innocent of the actions they were accused of.
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  - DonHopkins 9y ago
    You just proved the point that you're gullible, uninformed and wrong.
    - sctb 9y ago
      Could you please not post these comments? They break the guidelines, and you have plenty of other insightful and informative things to say. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mejari 9y ago
>I think, in general, they do good work in exposing corruption, and bias. Where is an example where they've done that? I haven't seen a single one.
mcphage 9y ago
> Just because WaPo caught them this time doesn't mean they're wrong, or WaPo is wrong. The past few years have given me a deep distrust of all media. So just because they made a story up, and lied to reporters in order to spread a lie, that’s not wrong? Jeez, what do you think is wrong? Can you even tell anymore?

nadagast 9y ago

This would be a reasonable opinion if the far right reacted to this event by giving credit to WaPo--if their genuine interest was in the truth and good reporting. Unfortunately truth and good reporting is not their goal, and this entire story will be presented in a very different light on far right sites.

Malician 9y ago

From my perspective the fake "Bernie Bernstein" calls claiming to be from the WP, the disproven claims of an audio tape of WP reporters offering 1000$(sp), the claims that Olde Hickory House didn't exist at the address which were disproven by newspaper ads and other evidence, the claims that the county was dry at the time Moore was alleged to have bought girls alcohol (it was not and the pizzeria actually served wine) - All of these come together to be a flood of unvetted claims to keep Moore ahead until the election. It doesn't matter if they're disproven because many voters hear about them and take them as gospel without ever hearing the other side of the story.

maxerickson 9y ago

What's your favorite example of their good work?

Overtonwindow 9y ago
Acorn.
- mejari 9y ago
  ...was proven to be completely innocent of the actions they were accused of.
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- DonHopkins 9y ago
  You just proved the point that you're gullible, uninformed and wrong.
  - sctb 9y ago
    Could you please not post these comments? They break the guidelines, and you have plenty of other insightful and informative things to say. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mejari 9y ago

>I think, in general, they do good work in exposing corruption, and bias. Where is an example where they've done that? I haven't seen a single one.

mcphage 9y ago

> Just because WaPo caught them this time doesn't mean they're wrong, or WaPo is wrong. The past few years have given me a deep distrust of all media. So just because they made a story up, and lied to reporters in order to spread a lie, that’s not wrong? Jeez, what do you think is wrong? Can you even tell anymore?