• CriticalResist8A
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    4 years ago

    oof we got some fire in the comments:

    Do you consider yourself a journalist, or are you “undercover” at that too?

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    4 years ago

    blows my mind sometimes that shit like this gets semi-regularly called out in the main areas of reddit and people still eat it up after the fact

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      Its pretty exciting that after 2+ years now of unquestioning acceptance, ppl are finally asking for sources.

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        The deep state is sending their absolute worst for this too all over. They cannot get someone with half-decent credentials to be the mouthpiece of their narrative.

        • Adrian Zenz, far-right pro-spanking evangelist rapturist
        • Rushan Abbas, worked for various state departments and at one point in Guantanamo
        • This girl, Amelia Pang, who has written fifteen articles for Epoch Times and now a book with no substance

        There was also an AMA of a stooge from HRW but I forgot the details about it.

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      She lost credibility when she admitted in the top reply that she didn’t go inside, despite saying she went undercover. Then reddit used that with the self-promotion aspect since she was selling a book and if there’s one thing they hate, it’s self-promotion (despite reddit being astroturfed as fuck).

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      On very rare occasions you’ll see it, I have no idea why they decided to start asking for sources on this one.