A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias

Re:A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias by jibe on Saturday January 04, 2025 @04:35PM (#42597861)

Because as low as most journalist’s standard are, Williams is below that low standard. Though good enough for Pro Publica. He is an erratic, ex-con, who seems to be mentally unstable. Did you believe the puppy story?

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Re:A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Saturday January 04, 2025 @05:24PM (#42598121)

If the journalist really verified the audio recordings I believe it. Faking so many hours of audio from multiple people is still difficult. I mean, you could do it with AI voices, but I doubt that's the case

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Re:A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias by EasyMark on Saturday January 04, 2025 @06:09PM (#42598338)

Pro Publica is probably the most outstanding investigative journalist collective in the USA currently, unafraid to step on MAGA and militia toes despite their constant threats against journalistic freedom.

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Re:A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias by refurb on Sunday January 05, 2025 @12:08AM (#42599914)

I see people proclaim the quality of Propublica journalism and thus actually read through a number of their major exposes.

I wasn’t impressed. They do the same thing the major news outlets do - craft a narrative then selectively use findings to support it.

Their expose on tax records is a good example - they calculated billionaires tax rates based not on income (as everyone thinks of) but rather total wealth to arrive at shockingly small numbers (intentionally).

Maybe they do a better job of in depth articles but the overall quality isn’t that impressive.

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