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Yeah, I am sure The Daily Beast got this story because they are such a well respected journalistic outlet. More like nobody at the NYT or WP willing to tarnish

Yeah, I am sure The Daily Beast got this story because they are such a well respected journalistic outlet. More like nobody at the NYT or WP willing to tarnish their reputation with this crap. Which is pretty bad given what they will publish.

dbt00 9y ago
Spencer Ackerman is a stellar reporter with over 15 years experience writing for TNR, Wired, and The Guardian. He's gotten a huge of scoops on the national security beat throughout the years and none of his reporting has ever been called into question.
- saas_co_de 9y ago
  > none of his reporting has ever been called into question In 2013, Ackerman was forced to take down one of his Wired stories on what he claimed was a "North Korean propaganda video", after it was revealed the film was a satire video by British travel writer Alun Hill.[16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman
  - dbt00 9y ago
    Point taken. He was once taken in by a popular hoax and wrote a post on his wired blog about it, after which he apologized on twitter. https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/311868261945978881 https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/311868261945978881 To remind everyone where the plot is, I was responding to this phrase: > Yeah, I am sure The Daily Beast got this story because they are such a well respected journalistic outlet. None of his sourced reporting has ever been called into question. The original commenter was way off base with this insinuation.
    - equalunique 9y ago
      Perhaps this new Daily Beast story is evidence he has been taken in by another hoax.
equalunique 9y ago
It is plausible that Daily Beast has the story because Chelsea Clinton is a board member of the controlling company. She and her family have a profit motive for pushing Russia-phobic conspiracy theories.

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Yeah, I am sure The Daily Beast got this story because they are such a well respected journalistic outlet. More like nobody at the NYT or WP willing to tarnish

by saas_co_de 9y ago

dbt00 9y ago
Spencer Ackerman is a stellar reporter with over 15 years experience writing for TNR, Wired, and The Guardian. He's gotten a huge of scoops on the national security beat throughout the years and none of his reporting has ever been called into question.
- saas_co_de 9y ago
  > none of his reporting has ever been called into question In 2013, Ackerman was forced to take down one of his Wired stories on what he claimed was a "North Korean propaganda video", after it was revealed the film was a satire video by British travel writer Alun Hill.[16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman
  - dbt00 9y ago
    Point taken. He was once taken in by a popular hoax and wrote a post on his wired blog about it, after which he apologized on twitter. https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/311868261945978881 https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/311868261945978881 To remind everyone where the plot is, I was responding to this phrase: > Yeah, I am sure The Daily Beast got this story because they are such a well respected journalistic outlet. None of his sourced reporting has ever been called into question. The original commenter was way off base with this insinuation.
    - equalunique 9y ago
      Perhaps this new Daily Beast story is evidence he has been taken in by another hoax.
equalunique 9y ago
It is plausible that Daily Beast has the story because Chelsea Clinton is a board member of the controlling company. She and her family have a profit motive for pushing Russia-phobic conspiracy theories.