trail wrote:
mattbk wrote:
Well, it was fake news.
I'm mostly on your side, and I think I have some credibility in this thread as my BS detection alarms were indicated in my first post.
But in defense of the "news" media, genuine news journalists seemed to have been very careful in their reporting. E.g. there were news stories about that Muckrakers release because the inflammatory release was itself a form of news, but very careful to not corroborate the validity of the claims about Boebert. And beyond that, detail the thin sourcing by the Muckrakers and their own inability to independently corroborate.
So I'd call it "fake," but not news.
I have a bit of a pet peeve for the term being watered down so as to become almost meaningless....
If it turns out to true I am not going to lose a wink of sleep. I dont like wacko politicians. I cringe at most crap the woman says. And you were part of my reference to others calling out the lack of info and possible sketchiness.
I just find it hypocritical that this site can froth at the mouth over unsubstantiated claims while immediately shutting them down in other cases. The difference seems to be political leaning. However Boebert is a bit special, I understand that. I have zero plans to defend her. Though I would hope more would pull back once some major claims were refuted, such as the timeliness of said hush money from Cruz where they claimed Cruz paid her $127k for prostitution.
I would guess there may be some truth to some of it. Many fake claims have some shred of truth, those are the best lies. It is not all that unbelievable,which is why many want it to be true. But... facts matter. We haven't had any. Just so far unsubstantiated claims...which need to be backed up. The Cawthorne video from them seemed to be drunken kids with a friend helping his crippled friend who then proceed to try to hump his friends head while all giggle wildly with laughter. Weird yes, but it was not what it was purported to be. I'm happy he got voted out. I want all the extremist bullshitters out.... that may not leave too many members of congress.