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Re:What It’s Like to Report on Facebook by JetSpiegel on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:18AM (#23713334)
> How do you propose Casey should have challenged or verified whether the Aquila flew as well as claimed?

How did Bloomberg do it? By not publishing immediately, checking other sources. Also known as journalism.

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Re:What It’s Like to Report on Facebook by devindotcom on Thursday July 02, 2020 @03:10PM (#23716830)
Bloomberg covered Aquila at the time (a couple times) citing Facebook claims, using Facebook b-roll and Zuckerberg interviews.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/facebook-...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-27/after-goo...

They, like every other outlet, covered the news with the resources immediately available, then followed up later when information became available that led them to question the completeness of Facebook's account and details of the project.

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