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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by pwned1 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:26PM (#24933664)
One could simply ask the people in the email if they are real. "Impossible to verify" is just lazy excuse-making.

This is basic journalism.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by jasonwatkinspdx on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:25PM (#24934537)
That's not how basic fact checking works. You don't just single source a story on the basis of that sources "trust me."
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by remarkEon on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:36PM (#24934670)
That's literally been the last 4 years of journalism surrounding this administration. Not only that, but the sources almost never are actually named.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by rat87 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:17PM (#24935228)
It hasn't but people like to pretend it has

Good journalists tend to not rely on on one anonymous source, they check with other sources and available evidence. The thing is this white house is extremely dishonest and corrupt and leaks like a seive hence a lot of anonymous sources

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by ivalm on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:31PM (#24933750)
So there is one shady person who says he is real but who can’t prove anything and other people in the emails deny them. Of course if the emails are fake then the forgers would include a confederate as one of the people in the chain.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by nwienert on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:41PM (#24933924)
Is the shady person you’re referring to Tony Bobulinski?

If so, he is the documented primary business partner in the suspected deals who has provided verified emails, he’s a US citizen with a history of military service who put his real name on the line.

It doesn’t get less shady than that. Unless you’re referring to someone else.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by rebelos on Thursday October 29, 2020 @05:28PM (#24936145)
This is among the most naive comments in this thread. You clearly know very little about the about the history of military personnel, their credibility, and their political affiliations. You should look into Seal Team Six as an example. Some of them have turned out to be rabid crackpots.

Being associated with the military confers absolutely zero marginal credibility over any other citizen. If anything, it's the opposite since there's a known conservative bias in military and law enforcement - dovish liberalism threatens their values and their power.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by JeremyHoward on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:56PM (#24934153)
> and other people in the emails deny them.

No they haven't. Neither Hunter Biden, Jim Biden, James Gilliar or Rob Walker, have denied that the emails and text messages sent to Tony Bobulinski are real.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by starkd on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:45PM (#24933990)
Bobulinski has audio recording talking to one of Biden family partners saying "if you go public with this story, you will bury us all".
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by JeremyHoward on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:04PM (#24934251)
Here's an audio source[1] for the people downvoting this.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxE2nlDjYt8

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by DyslexicAtheist on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:47PM (#24934815)
"evidence" presented by Tucker Carlosn on Fox. you've already lost me there.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by nailer on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:24PM (#24935302)
That's not how truth works. If something is not correct, state why it is not correct. You may not like Fox or The Guardian or the NYT or Daily Wire or Vox but that doesn't affect whether their content is true.
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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by nailer on Thursday October 29, 2020 @05:01PM (#24935830)
Also European, but again: that's not how truth works.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by zbyte64 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @05:22PM (#24936077)
Ahh yes, Tucker Carlson "I have the evidence but it was lost in the mail" totally wouldn't allow another to present a one-sided account without challenge and would certainly present evidence in context.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by googthrowaway42 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @06:10PM (#24936704)
Tucker Carlson has said they made copies anyway.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by scottlocklin on Thursday October 29, 2020 @05:53PM (#24936524)
FWIIW it appears that UPS located the mail.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by brendoelfrendo on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:22PM (#24937288)
I'm not under any obligation to wait for the broken clock to be right twice a day when there are plenty of other, perfectly good clocks. Tucker Carlson's journalistic integrity and reputation absolutely play a role in my judgement of the information he reports.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by jeegsy on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:47PM (#24934820)
You are wasting your time. People have arrived at the conclusion and are just trying to reverse engineer a "rational" reason for the conclusion. I mean it shouldn't be that hard to convince ppl what in Biden's long career and the millions resulting from it aren't tied up in some corrupt or at the very least shady activity.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by starkd on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:01PM (#24935007)
True. But it still needs to be said.