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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to say something blunt about the Joy-Ann Reid story... [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)116. That makes their assertions nonsense
because the relevant blog posts were archived over a dozen years ago, with timestamps of their archive date.
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Given that she previously apologized for writing homophobic posts in that same time frame
mythology
Apr 2018
#26
Some of us old white ladies like her too. I like brainy women, & Joy qualifies. nt
Hekate
Apr 2018
#39
"Why does this remind me of the accusations against Franken last December?"
brooklynite
Apr 2018
#11
I don't know if Reid was hacked or not, but I can certainly see why she would be targeted.
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#19
There would only be a wedge if there was a significant pro- and anti- Reid constituency...
brooklynite
Apr 2018
#21
Not true. The potential wedge (even if it was merely a media invention) would be...
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#24
Your premise--which is that she's a nobody & nobody would waste time hacking--
ecstatic
Apr 2018
#31
If you read that paper, spoofing requires the attacker to have access to the original server
Azathoth
Apr 2018
#43
And that's *now*. Almost no one knew who she was back in 2006 when she was allegedly hacked
Azathoth
Apr 2018
#32
From the statement: "At no time has Ms. Reid claimed that the Wayback machine was hacked"
Azathoth
Apr 2018
#74
Yeah, but those pages are in the Internet Archive. they were archived in 2006.
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#84
I specifically stated that I take no position as to the validity of their claim.
OilemFirchen
Apr 2018
#90
Except they've said they aren't claiming that the archive was hacked.
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#105
They've made no such claim relating to the Internet Archive or LOC archive
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2018
#111
We are being ratfcked.Again.DU is "not that important" either, yet this site was mugged, vandalized
Hekate
Apr 2018
#35
not many people know about DU and yet you post stuff trying to convince people of stuff
JI7
Apr 2018
#88
I just want to know which side is going to be wearing the tinfoil hats by the end.
Blue_Adept
Apr 2018
#130
Why would the FBI be involved? Because she asserted that a crime occurred.
brooklynite
Apr 2018
#141
It is possible that she was a victim of hacking, and also that the blog posts were hers
oberliner
Apr 2018
#147
DU, as much as I am a fan, isn't that important either. Probably less important than Reid. Yet...
stevenleser
Apr 2018
#154