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He does mention the name of the man who uncovered the ploy, Orville Wood. Also the names of the main perpetrators: Moses Ferry of Baltimore, Edward Donahue, H.
by JuliusPullo 6y ago
He does mention the name of the man who uncovered the ploy, Orville Wood. Also the names of the main perpetrators: Moses Ferry of Baltimore, Edward Donahue, H. Cromdell. He mentions a trial, of which there must be a record, and an article about it published in the New York Times the day after the trial.
- chmaynard 6y agoAll true. The problem is that Waters is not a credible source for this information. He read it somewhere else, hopefully in a reputable source, but didn't cite the source in his article. In my opinion, that's not trustworthy behavior.
- burfog 6y agoThat is standard practice for news media. Even if a source is cited, you should remain suspicious. The source might not justify the reporting. Even if you see video with your own eyes, you should remain suspicious. The video could be missing important context, as it was in the George Floyd case. There, the news media privately saw the bodycam video (which paints a very different picture) but continued to push a misleading account of the event. If you trust anything from New York Times or from CNN, you should trust this too. It's at least as credible, if not more so. It's an interesting story, because we see history repeating. The postal worker union has already endorsed a candidate. Here we see a postal worker sneaking off to destroy campaign materials: https://twitter.com/SheriffTNehls/status/1276646406682484736 https://twitter.com/SheriffTNehls/status/1276646406682484736