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Please forgive me if I don't count coverage by Techcrunch as verification. Did he tweet it? Link from FB? Send a signed email? It could be legit, but the ba

by kogir 14y ago

Please forgive me if I don't count coverage by Techcrunch as verification. Did he tweet it? Link from FB? Send a signed email? It could be legit, but the bar should be higher than this.

kevingibbon 14y ago
Every tech site is referencing it.
- niggler 14y ago
  Wasn't there a post yesterday about how gaming sites reference sources because others do (without any due diligence)?
  - rabble 14y ago
    That's true, but Kara usually does a pretty good job of actual journalism and verifying sources.
jorgeortiz85 14y ago
Kara Swisher says she got the same statement from him. http://allthingsd.com/20130125/keith-rabois-long-statement-on-personal-relationship-with-square-employee-sexual-harassment-claims-that-feels-like-a-shakedown/?mod=tweet http://allthingsd.com/20130125/keith-rabois-long-statement-o...
jmcgough 14y ago
I totally agree that most news sites do a poor job of verifying information before parroting information, but several sites are quoting a statement from Square that seems to verify this (e.g. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-square-exec-keith-rabois-resigns-amid-sexualharassment-claims-20130125,0,4821247.story http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-square-e...)