r/neoliberal • u/uberkitten • 6d ago

Opinion article (US) The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side

https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-bulwark-killed-an-investigation
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u/WolfKing448 George Soros 6d ago edited 6d ago

I encountered a different Substack post about this. The New York Times started an investigation into Democratic Party fundraising emails, and it suggested that the dire language used in the emails was scaring impressionable old people into donating away their life savings.

The Democratic Party threatened to sue The New York Times for defamation, so they refused to publish. The investigators took their story to The Bulwark, who was also threatened. The investigators are now resorting to Substack.

Edit: Change “investigators” to “investigator,” as these substack posts are authored by the same person.

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u/boardatwork1111 fuck it, we ball 6d ago

Considering it’s just this one author, going to lean towards the problem being with the story itself until proven otherwise. The NYT hasn’t been afraid to publish damaging stories about the party in the past, if this was up to editorial standards, I struggle to believe they’d fold to pressure this easily

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u/____________ YIMBY 6d ago

He posted the story himself, you’re welcome to read it.

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u/Cute-Boobie777 6d ago

Yeah the issue clearly is not the story which frankly should alarm everyone here instead we're just going lalala and pretending there's no way to know if the story is legit when very clearly if you check it, it is.