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You’re making my point aren’t you? You think the NYP story is as reputable as the dossier ? All the same, I don’t know of any newspapers which published storie

You’re making my point aren’t you? You think the NYP story is as reputable as the dossier ? All the same, I don’t know of any newspapers which published stories treating the dossier as a source. As an object of the story, IE this thing exists, yes. As corroboration: please share if you have any. Actually I think what happened is Rudy etc got a little too desperate and excited and blundered tactically: surfacing the contents of the hard drive as continual leaks, like the DNC emails, would’ve allowed for a similar dynamic to 2016. Wouldn’t have mattered politically if the contents were real or not. By reaching and trying to drop the story as “real news,” the dubiousness of the source material got thrust directly into the spotlight. Blaming twitter, liberals, or whoever, for their poor smear tactics is just a coping mechanism at this point if you ask me.

luckylion 6y ago
> You’re making my point aren’t you? You think the NYP story is as reputable as the dossier? My impression is that it's less made up than the juicy parts of the dossier. The dossier contained more truth though, but it was lame stuff that nobody cared about or reported on. > As an object of the story, IE this thing exists, yes. That's just moving goal posts. It's essentially "Now, I'm not claiming A did Z, but I hear a lot of people saying that A did Z. Did A do Z? What do you think, dear viewer?" Of course they're running the story, even if they throw a "this hasn't been independently confirmed" in the footer. That's the beauty about propaganda, you don't need to claim that it's true for the effect to be achieved.
- chowchowchow 6y ago
  Uhh, there has been plenty of coverage about the existence of the laptop qualified with that it’s unverified. What’s your beef? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-laptop.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-...

luckylion 6y ago

> You’re making my point aren’t you? You think the NYP story is as reputable as the dossier? My impression is that it's less made up than the juicy parts of the dossier. The dossier contained more truth though, but it was lame stuff that nobody cared about or reported on. > As an object of the story, IE this thing exists, yes. That's just moving goal posts. It's essentially "Now, I'm not claiming A did Z, but I hear a lot of people saying that A did Z. Did A do Z? What do you think, dear viewer?" Of course they're running the story, even if they throw a "this hasn't been independently confirmed" in the footer. That's the beauty about propaganda, you don't need to claim that it's true for the effect to be achieved.

chowchowchow 6y ago
Uhh, there has been plenty of coverage about the existence of the laptop qualified with that it’s unverified. What’s your beef? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-laptop.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/politics/hunter-biden-...