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i really really don't get how this guy ends up on the first page of HN. he clearly has issues: > As a blogger, he tried to dispute Russia’s involvement in the

by kmlx 6y ago

i really really don't get how this guy ends up on the first page of HN. he clearly has issues: > As a blogger, he tried to dispute Russia’s involvement in the Salisbury poisonings and has written about Salmond’s acquittal on sexual offences charges. > Murray has claimed “corrupt” institutions conspired against the former First Minister and insists the former First Minister's female accusers lied. > He also wrote about having “definite good source information” about MI5’s involvement in the Salmond allegations - a claim that led to him being mocked. tldr: Cults and conspiracy theories offer the easy answer to hard reality or as one of his friends put it: > He is profiting from fuelling the conspiracy theories that have no concrete basis.

srtjstjsj 6y ago
Having issues is not a disqualifier from HN. If there's a better source, mods would switch it. But no one else is reporting on this major event.
vidarh 6y ago
He ends up on the first page of HN because there is hardly any reporting of the extradition hearing. If the press was doing its job, his reporting wouldn't be necessary.
marcus_holmes 6y ago
I think his background as a UK ambassador who was then hounded by the UK establishment[0] has given him a frame of reference where it's hard not to see conspiracies. However, it's true he is currently being taken to court by the Scottish government for contempt of court over his reporting of the Salmond case. That's not something that happens to the average conspiracy nutjob. [0] and yeah, I totally believe his stories of the UK political establishment closing ranks against an outsider. I grew up in that world, and that chummy upper-class clubhouse can get very cold and hostile very quickly. It also has very long reach.
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i really really don't get how this guy ends up on the first page of HN. he clearly has issues: > As a blogger, he tried to dispute Russia’s involvement in the

by kmlx 6y ago

srtjstjsj 6y ago
Having issues is not a disqualifier from HN. If there's a better source, mods would switch it. But no one else is reporting on this major event.
vidarh 6y ago
He ends up on the first page of HN because there is hardly any reporting of the extradition hearing. If the press was doing its job, his reporting wouldn't be necessary.
marcus_holmes 6y ago
I think his background as a UK ambassador who was then hounded by the UK establishment[0] has given him a frame of reference where it's hard not to see conspiracies. However, it's true he is currently being taken to court by the Scottish government for contempt of court over his reporting of the Salmond case. That's not something that happens to the average conspiracy nutjob. [0] and yeah, I totally believe his stories of the UK political establishment closing ranks against an outsider. I grew up in that world, and that chummy upper-class clubhouse can get very cold and hostile very quickly. It also has very long reach.
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