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> If the hard drive is a hoax, I think it's important to have an open discussion to shine a light on it. The damage is still done then. NYPost knows the artic
by zzleeper 6y ago
> If the hard drive is a hoax, I think it's important to have an open discussion to shine a light on it.
The damage is still done then. NYPost knows the article is fake news, and so does Giuliani and the other folks surrounding the article.
But put it there, and by the time your "open discussion" is done, the elections will be over.
- taxicab 6y agoAs Winston Churchill said "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." In normal circumstances, that doesn't matter. Talk about it, let it fly around the internet and then in a week or so we'll hear the authoritative rebuttal. However, we are 20 days from the election. People are literally lined up and voting as we speak.
- joe_the_user 6y agoWhich is to say that Twitter and Facebook seem to have learned something and probably have telemetry telling them when a claim like this is getting legs. My feelings on this are mixed. It's effectively restoring the "old media" order where random trolls can't steal elections. But it's naturally preventing "the truth" from stealing an election too.