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Re:Fake News Challenge by imron on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @10:40PM (#13547907)
> isn't comparable to that dossier, which was (apparently) compiled from numerous in-person visits and interviews

And that (apparently) can trace its origins to a 4-chan prank?

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Re:Fake News Challenge by untog on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:49PM (#13548193)
That depends on whether you consider the word of an anonymous 4channer to be as reliable as that of a former intelligence officer.

Personally, I do not.

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Re:Fake News Challenge by imron on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:53AM (#13548430)
It's not so much the word, as the time-stamped posts from months before the news was published.
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Re:Fake News Challenge by untog on Thursday February 02, 2017 @10:38AM (#13551210)
Any links? Last I checked those were pretty thoroughly debunked.

http://gizmodo.com/4chan-idiots-claim-they-invented-the-trum...

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