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Re:Fake News Challenge by intended on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @09:44PM (#13547641)
This fails ~~occasion~~ occam's razor. By that logic, Putin could also dress up as an orange ballerina while announcing a 15% sale of the company, just to screw with people.
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Re:Fake News Challenge by imron on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @10:09PM (#13547766)
> This fails occasion razor

Occam's razor, but I'm guessing that was autocorrect.

Anyway, no, because there is no incentive for him to do what you are suggesting.

If however you believe his goal is to destabilise U.S. politics, then there is large incentive and zero downside for him to fake a sale of 19% of the company.

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