I suppose it’s being downvoted because it looks like diversion tactics to draw attention away from what’s actually being discussed, especially considering their other comment making a false assessment of the linked article, as pointed out by throwaway24006.

Disclosure: not related to that other throwaway account in any way. Using a throwaway because I don’t want to drag my main account into ugly topics like this.

The downvoting happened before someone pointed out the concern with that comment. So that probably isn't the cause.

That said, I have amended the specific comment that was wrong to correct it.

I've never seen so many throwaways appear out of nowhere before.

> So that probably isn't the cause.

It looks like diversion, at least to me, whether pointed out or not.

> I've never seen so many throwaways appear out of nowhere before.

I have seen it many times on radioactive topics. Some people don’t like to discuss under their extremely traceable accounts, especially if they’re close to the subject in question (resides in the country, works at the company, etc.), where it may lead to undesirable consequences.

Anyway, a mod should be able to connect the throwaway to my main identity easily.

I thought you had to have a minimum amount of karma before you can downvote, which would preclude throwaway accounts?

NYT also use Adrian Zenz' report and have a long history of lying to benefit US foreign interests.