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I think I would be very skeptical that this was actually written by Seymour Hersh. This Substack was created today. There's no previous history on it. I can't f

I think I would be very skeptical that this was actually written by Seymour Hersh. This Substack was created today. There's no previous history on it. I can't find any credible evidence that this is actually Seymour Hersh. If it's not Seymour, it sure is very effective propoganda. Does anyone see any proof that this is indeed written by the claimed author?

marianatom 4y ago
The substack was created today, then Russian outlet Sputnik ran the story hours later. Then a hacker news account with pro CCP content submitted this substack. Why is this rubbish on top of hacker news?
- htrgh 4y ago
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  - judahmeek 4y ago
    If there's a lot of facts that discredit a narrative, then people simply stating those facts are not a part of a "concentrated effort". Your contrarian logic is going to take you down a very sorrowful & dimly lit path in life.
    - jkalpt 4y ago
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    - dang 4y ago
      Please don't cross into personal attack, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - jjoonathan 4y ago
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- Haga 4y ago
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htrgh 4y ago
Taibbi, who is active on Substack, confirms using his verified Twitter account: https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1623352901111517185 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1623352901111517185 Reuters reported on it, the White House bothered to refute the story. It is Hersh.
- bandyaboot 4y ago
  Have you seen the White House refutation somewhere other than in the piece which is the subject of the questioning you’re responding to? If not, that’s a null point.
  - klrls 4y ago
    Yes, and it is trivial to find: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-blog-post-nord-stream-explosion-is-utterly-false-2023-02-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-blog-post-... Are people try to derail this story by flooding the submission with innocent questions?
    - bandyaboot 4y ago
      No. Question asked and answered. Thanks.
    - jjoonathan 4y ago
      No, but the green accounts are sure out in force to pump it.
    - justinclift 4y ago
      There are quite a few articles popping up saying the same thing from various "news" sources, however they don't appear to be including any links to the supposed "White house" source they're talking about. eg they could very well be propaganda themselves
joenot443 4y ago
Considering the NY Post, a paper Hersh has a personal relationship with, has already written about this blogpost, I’d be really surprised if it was some kind of impersonation. Hersh is an online individual like the rest of us, I’m quite sure he’d be aware of papers all over the world reporting on something he hadn’t written.
dang 4y ago
If it weren't written by Hersh we'd have found out very quickly. By now it's surely clear that it was.

marianatom 4y ago

The substack was created today, then Russian outlet Sputnik ran the story hours later. Then a hacker news account with pro CCP content submitted this substack. Why is this rubbish on top of hacker news?

htrgh 4y ago
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- judahmeek 4y ago
  If there's a lot of facts that discredit a narrative, then people simply stating those facts are not a part of a "concentrated effort". Your contrarian logic is going to take you down a very sorrowful & dimly lit path in life.
  - jkalpt 4y ago
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  - dang 4y ago
    Please don't cross into personal attack, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jjoonathan 4y ago
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Haga 4y ago
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htrgh 4y ago

Taibbi, who is active on Substack, confirms using his verified Twitter account: https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1623352901111517185 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1623352901111517185 Reuters reported on it, the White House bothered to refute the story. It is Hersh.

bandyaboot 4y ago
Have you seen the White House refutation somewhere other than in the piece which is the subject of the questioning you’re responding to? If not, that’s a null point.
- klrls 4y ago
  Yes, and it is trivial to find: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-blog-post-nord-stream-explosion-is-utterly-false-2023-02-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-blog-post-... Are people try to derail this story by flooding the submission with innocent questions?
  - bandyaboot 4y ago
    No. Question asked and answered. Thanks.
  - jjoonathan 4y ago
    No, but the green accounts are sure out in force to pump it.
  - justinclift 4y ago
    There are quite a few articles popping up saying the same thing from various "news" sources, however they don't appear to be including any links to the supposed "White house" source they're talking about. eg they could very well be propaganda themselves

joenot443 4y ago

Considering the NY Post, a paper Hersh has a personal relationship with, has already written about this blogpost, I’d be really surprised if it was some kind of impersonation. Hersh is an online individual like the rest of us, I’m quite sure he’d be aware of papers all over the world reporting on something he hadn’t written.

dang 4y ago

If it weren't written by Hersh we'd have found out very quickly. By now it's surely clear that it was.