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Given the extremely sketchy provenance of the story’s data, the timing of the story’s publishing, the fact it was published by a tabloid and that even the repor
by wumeow 3y ago
Given the extremely sketchy provenance of the story’s data, the timing of the story’s publishing, the fact it was published by a tabloid and that even the reporters who wrote it questioned its validity, and that two subsequent investigations found no evidence of corruption by Joe Biden, I would say the media was right to treat the Post story as misinformation.
- trelane 3y agoLooking at new stories with skepticism is always warranted. As you point out, the original sources provided just that. Immediately quashing them as "misinformation" is not legitimate in a free society. That the report was true makes calling it "misinformation" exceedingly naive, at best.
- wumeow 3y ago> That the report was true … And now you’re pulling my leg