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I read it as meaning they had access (i.e. they could access it), but we don't know if they did access it.
by namenotrequired 5y ago
I read it as meaning they had access (i.e. they could access it), but we don't know if they did access it.
- inopinatus 5y agoYou'd be better advised to read it as: journalists have no idea what they're describing, and mash together words without nuanced regard to what the facts may be. c.f. the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect.