They didn't get played. From the editor's tweets while this unfolded (confirming multiple times that they had multiple sources), the obvious forging of emails f

They didn't get played. From the editor's tweets while this unfolded (confirming multiple times that they had multiple sources), the obvious forging of emails from Meta and their so-called verifiers, they were deliberately attempting to play everyone else to advance their narrative. Their attempt to say that they "got played" is just them trying to save face. Edit: Also, this isn't their first time. They had attempted this earlier with a flimsy, completely made-up story on a non-existent app called "Tek Fog" https://www.theinterval.co/the-wires-tek-fog-investigation-futile-search-for-evidence/ https://www.theinterval.co/the-wires-tek-fog-investigation-f...