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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by brutusborn on Monday February 20, 2023 @01:47AM (#34865673)
Thanks for the explanation, I hadn't heard that problem before. It does seem strange that Hersh would publish that detail if it could be so easily debunked. I notice it was investigated by the same reporter who came up with the Rupture Catalyst theory.
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Re:Was the Nord Stream 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst? by Lazare on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:17AM (#34865825)
That's not really unusual for Hersh - he's always been prone to being a bit free with the details. Which hasn't stopped him from getting the big picture right in some very famous stories!

...but he also seems to have gotten it wrong in some other cases. Hersh is a fantastic investigative journalist (and a good writer and speaker to boot), but he has very limited credibility because he will make fantastic claims regardless of whether he has the ability to back them up.

I mentioned them in one of my other comments but this is a decent (but long) roundup of Hersh's history: https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/11719/

Or for quick summary (but without a lot of the details) see: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/whats-the-story-with-se...

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