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I tend to defer to Marcy Wheeler when it comes to evaluating this stuff; she spends a lot of time actually looking at primary source material (court filings, et
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
I tend to defer to Marcy Wheeler when it comes to evaluating this stuff; she spends a lot of time actually looking at primary source material (court filings, etc.), AND she called out the dossier as likely Russian disinformation back in 2017.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/01/11/the-democrats-newfound-love-for-russian-intelligence-product/ https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/01/11/the-democrats-newfound... (2017)
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1460514005672419328 https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1460514005672419328
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/11/12/source-6a-john-durhams-twitter-charges/ https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/11/12/source-6a-john-durhams...
- jonnycomputer 5y agoNote that successful disinformation often mixes lies with truth.
- mdswtchr 5y agoThe dossier is a lie, agreed, but you believe it is Russian misinformation? As in the Russians lied about having komprobat on Trump to make Trump look like he was a Russian agent? <stoner voice> That's like totally meta man </stoner voice> The dossier was paid for by the Clinton campaign, ghostwritten by her campaign, citing ethnic Russian-Americans employed by Clinton controlled think tanks.