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In reply to the discussion: MSNBC intelligence expert: WikiLeaks is releasing falsified emails not really from Hillary Clinton [View all]Wilms
(26,795 posts)4. I'd be slow to roll with NewsBin or Nance.
Except the only fraud here was Nances claim, not any of the documents published by WikiLeaks. Those were all real. Indeed, at Sunday nights debate, when asked directly about the excerpts of her Wall Street speeches found in the release, Clinton herself confirmed their authenticity. And news outlets such as the New York Times and AP reported and continue to report on their contents without any caveat that they may be frauds. No real print journalists or actual newsrooms (as opposed to campaign operatives masquerading as journalists) fell for this scam, so this tactic did not prevent reporting from being done.
But it did signal to Clintons most devoted followers to simply ignore the contents of the release. Anyone writing articles about what these documents revealed was instantly barraged with claims from Democrats that they were fakes, by people often pointing to articles like this one.
But it did signal to Clintons most devoted followers to simply ignore the contents of the release. Anyone writing articles about what these documents revealed was instantly barraged with claims from Democrats that they were fakes, by people often pointing to articles like this one.
https://theintercept.com/2016/10/11/in-the-democratic-echo-chamber-inconvenient-truths-are-recast-as-putin-plots/
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MSNBC intelligence expert: WikiLeaks is releasing falsified emails not really from Hillary Clinton [View all]
Bill USA
Oct 2016
OP
Yes, the documents hacked and falsified by Putin and distributed by Trump & Wikileaks. nt.
SunSeeker
Oct 2016
#17
No one confirmed the authenticity of that email, let alone all the rest of the emails.
SunSeeker
Oct 2016
#36
Sept 23 letter from the Office of the Dir of Natnl Intel talks of Russian disinformation campaign
Bill USA
Oct 2016
#32
going by the WaPo article, it "appears" clinton confirmed that the excerpts were from a speech she
Bill USA
Oct 2016
#34
It's a bit of a game of 'telephone'; other actors have been inserting non-Wikileaks stuff
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2016
#9