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Jim Lane

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5. What was fake about the WikiLeaks releases of Podesta's emails?

Reply to LaydeeBug (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:49 PM

Dec 2016

The accurate reports by WikiLeaks were twisted and distorted by right-wing media, but I'm not aware of any good-faith charge that the emails attributed to Podesta were fabricated or had been altered in any way.

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Teachable moment Now: post election remedies can never be counted on to repair elections [View all] Land Shark Dec 2016 OP

except that OUR News Outlets are blaming "Fake News" AFTER they reported it as news. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #1

Link? What is being reported as fake news? Nt Land Shark Dec 2016 #2

Wiki Leaks was fake news orchestrated by Russia. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #3

And what does that have to.do with the original post here? Land Shark Dec 2016 #4

What was fake about the WikiLeaks releases of Podesta's emails? Jim Lane Dec 2016 #5

emails hacked by a hostile foreign company, and you have no reason to doubt their veracity? LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #6

I asked for information about their veracity. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #7

Wikileaks has a good track record?? WTF? They are supported by a hostile foreign government. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #8

What a total non sequitur. It says nothing about the TRACK RECORD. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #9

Jim...each of our 19 intelligence agencies said Russia was behind those hacks. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #10

With regret, I must withhold my thanks. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #11

U.S. 2016 Unadjusted Exit Poll Discrepancies Fit Chronic Republican Vote-Count Rigging, not Random S rbaiman Dec 2016 #12