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What you are suggesting here makes this already interesting story even more interesting. Perhaps there are holes in her story but if she really knowingly faked
by CyberRabbi 6y ago
What you are suggesting here makes this already interesting story even more interesting. Perhaps there are holes in her story but if she really knowingly faked the whole thing, why would she resign from her job?
- ghaff 6y agoBecause she was maybe resigned? It's possible there's an innocent explanation but Occam's Razor does suggest she just made up her Associate Professor at Harvard title and, when called out for it, concocted a story about it really being Harvard Extension School and phishing. Which was vaguely plausible so long as you don't think too deeply about it and ignore that, if this were the case, the initial Twitter post was deceptive.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoBy “resigned” I am assuming you mean she was fired. If she were fired why would her previous employer allow her to use their website to publish this story?
- ghaff 6y agoWho knows? Maybe the Occam's Razor conclusion isn't in fact the right one. Maybe the publication thinks it saves them face as well as her. (Journalists who lie look bad for news publications even if they're fired.)
- alasdair_ 6y agoShe turned everything over to the police who will presumably investigate. Why do this if she is lying?
- meowster 6y agoDevil's advocate: she claims she turned it over to the police.