Matt Taibbi

Rank 21 of 47

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Score 29

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5h

@fluxkurt As I said, well played if so

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5h

@AlaskaBird__ I don’t understand what you’re asking. I’m certainly not saying I believe anything

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5h

Okay, explain to me the “link” of the Egyptian planes?

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6h

If so, well played…

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10h

The Russian versions get a little tiring after a decade or so. Like, “Well, I might wake up in Smolensk tomorrow, but whatever…”

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10h

Uh, I never said anything like that. I left Russia mainly because I was tired of the long winters and boozy interviews.

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14h

You misunderstand - I’m just saying anonymous source information is ideally buttressed by on-record information as quickly as possibly. If the source asks to be anonymous, you keep them that way.

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14h

She can say anything she wants. Clearly a lot of people believe it. I’m also free to suspend judgment until I see more evidence.

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14h

I never said anonymous sources shouldn’t be used. There are many examples of important stories broken with anonymous sources. But the aim is to get to named sources on the record or documents ASAP, so the cavalry can come in and do its own reporting.

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1d

Ten- and twenty-five-year sentences for political offenses were extremely common for the GULags, not sure where you’re getting that from (and that doesn’t count the massive death numbers).