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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by ceejayoz on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:41PM (#24933915)
> Those issues could be addressed in the article. In open debate.

We learned this doesn't work all that well with the Comey letter eleven days before the 2016 election. "We've reopened the Hillary investigation" turned into "oops, nothing new" a few days after the election.

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by nradov on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:50PM (#24934855)
Comey's letter wasn't a lie. The timing was bad but it accurately represented what the FBI was doing at the time.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by ceejayoz on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:02PM (#24935029)
I'm not saying the Comey letter was a lie; I'm saying media organizations made mistakes in how they covered it. If you prefer:

"A fact that's missing critical context can travel half way around the world while the full context is putting on its shoes."

The same fundamental concept is at play here.

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by rat87 on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:25PM (#24935309)
It was against FBI policy to declare that so close to an election

Supposedly Comey violated it because some FBI agents were already illegally leaking it to Guliani and he was sure Clinton would win anyway

Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by mixmastamyk on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:04PM (#24937146)
And then he was fired. :D
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by starkd on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:47PM (#24934024)
Biden could have addressed this story months ago. He knew about it. You'd think the democrats would have learned not to nominate a second clinton who refuses questions. They still think its easy to stomp on a story than address it.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by starkd on Friday October 30, 2020 @12:20PM (#24943818)
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by ivalm on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:53PM (#24934107)
What do you mean he knew about it months ago? The point is that this is all just a fabrication, there is no story to address.
Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by ceejayoz on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:01PM (#24934218)
> Biden could have addressed this story months ago.

If the story is true. If it's a fabrication - as they allege, and given that Fox News passed on it (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-electio...) and the Post's reporter didn't want his byline on it (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-p...), seems reasonably likely - they didn't hear about it until last week.