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Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by briandear on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @04:40PM (#23837547)
How about we start requiring proof before we just endlessly allow unnamed sources to dictate our outrage? The Russian Bounty story has all sorts of problems.

https://fair.org/home/in-russian-bounty-story-evidence-free-...

This is a theme of the media: use unnamed sources with no ability for stories to be independently verified and then create an anti-Trump scandal over it. Over and over we go through this.

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Re:U.S. backs down in fight with Harvard, MIT over student v... by vinay427 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @12:56AM (#23841497)
Do you not see a problem with media outlets requiring sources name themselves when speaking out against someone in a position of power? I'd much prefer the current situation of corroborating a scandal through what is often multiple sources in multiple publications if the alternative is not hearing about scandals that do exist.
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