> 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 th

> 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.