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Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur by kenjackson on Monday February 08, 2021 @04:34PM (#26070471)
AS far as I can tell, it wasn’t even a news story. It was a tweet. And then later clarified after brought to her attention. I find it hard to believe that it justifies this long blog.

This is the first thing I’ve seen him wrote in years. And it is horrible.

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Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur by gnicholas on Monday February 08, 2021 @06:17PM (#26071681)
> it wasn’t even a news story. It was a tweet.

If this had turned out to be true, it surely would have sparked several news stories. The reason that such a long post by Greenwald was warranted is that the journalist was clearly trying to create a story with the tweet.

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Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur by kenjackson on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:50AM (#26076869)
Given the fact that she is a journalist, couldn’t she just write the story?

And she later noted the clarification that it wasn’t him.

I don’t hold tweets at the same bar as a reputable news publication. Tweets are often point in time, not verified, often on whim.

Grenwald’s blog seemed more appropriate for yellow cake taking us to war than this tweet.

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Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur by S_A_P on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:33PM (#26071185)
You are correct in that, but I don't know that there is much difference any more. Tweets are in TV news/News websites all the time. The fact that it is a pretty well known journalist will likely hold much more weight with some folks.
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