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Re:Why is Mail Online going after the fact checkers? by anigbrowl on Saturday December 24, 2016 @02:38PM (#13251289)
OK, but why should we take the Daily Mail's say-so that this factual subject matter is of great significance? (And if it is, would they be OK with similar investigations into the private lives of the Daily Mail's editors or publishers?)

Seems to me you're in such a hurry to have a trial that you've decided not to wait for a crime to take place.

Re:Why is Mail Online going after the fact checkers? by Natsu on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @12:39AM (#13261498)
I don't and I haven't. My point is more to how they're creating a Streisand effect via their conduct.

No one is on trial here (unless there are still court proceedings I don't know of), but my point is more around how trying to refute something without discussing the allegations or any kind of evidence just makes it look like you're doing a cover-up, even if that's not your intent.

But there was a crime alleged here: embezzlement. Whether that was true or not I do not know, but it would seem like someone could check the legal documents. There might even be two (or more) crimes if any of these documents were sealed by the court.

I'm kind of surprised no one is interested in checking that out or discussing this for what is to be one of the biggest and most important fact-checking outfits on the planet with the upcoming Facebook deal.