General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe life and death of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory
By David Weigel May 24 at 6:00 AM
When Seth Richs Gmail account received an alert this week from Mega.com, attempting to start a new account on a website created by the New Zealand-based Internet businessman and convicted hacker Kim Dotcom, his family knew that something was off.
Over seven frenzied days, Dotcom had become a leading purveyor of the theory that Rich, a staffer at the Democratic National Committee who was shot dead near his home in Northeast Washington last summer, had supplied DNC documents to WikiLeaks and was killed as a result. Multiple security analysts and an FBI investigation have tied the release to hackers with ties to Russia. D.C. police have said repeatedly that they think Rich was slain in a random robbery attempt.
According to experts and Richs family, the emailed invitation from welcome@mega.nz appeared to be an attempt to gain access to Richs email. Joel Rich, who maintains his late sons Gmail account, did not click the link. Meanwhile, Dotcom was promising on Twitter to prove that the younger Rich had been in contact with WikiLeaks and Fox News host Sean Hannity was telling his 2.37 million Twitter followers to be ready for a revelation.
Hannity had invited Dotcom to appear on his show for what he said on Twitter would be a #GameChanger interview. The implication: that Dotcom would finally offer evidence of his claim that Rich had sent internal DNC documents to WikiLeaks before his death.
All that began to unravel Tuesday afternoon, when Fox News retracted a story that had claimed the same Rich-WikiLeaks connection, telling readers that the article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Fox News did not respond to a request for comment, but Dotcom wrote on his website that he would not speak further about his allegations.
The latest revelation that a hacker from New Zealand may have been trying as recently as this week to hack into Richs email offered fresh evidence that the conspiracy theory is false. Dotcom, it seemed, may have been willing to create a fake archive of emails from Rich to prove his role in the DNC hack.
more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/the-life-and-death-of-the-seth-rich-conspiracy-theory/2017/05/23/aba640c4-3ff3-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting"
Nothing on that channel is subjected to a high degree of editorial scrutiny, they just want ratings and money. It is absolutely disgusting how they are exploiting his death and his grieving family. And creating a fake archive of emails proves nothing except that you are a sick individual.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)That POS would do anything to try and elevate himself and his pay grade to a Limbaugh or O'Reilly. ANYTHING.............
spanone
(135,831 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)and long before it was cool for the nutbars on the right:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
(plenty more examples out there)
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)He'd go on local right-wing nutbag Joyce Kaufmann's show to promote his candidacy and his supporters didn't question him once about it.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)SalviaBlue
(2,916 posts)Rec.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,985 posts)Texass Congressman Blake Farenthold is now beating the drum.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/24/1665560/-Republican-lawmaker-whose-previous-claim-to-fame-was-ducky-pajamas-embraces-insane-murder-conspiracy#comment_66596724
burnbaby
(685 posts)WikiLeakss Julian Assange had persistently fed rumors of a connection with Rich without providing evidence. He has offered a $20,000 reward for information about Richs killer