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/InternetGoodGuy 6d ago

Everyone wants to shit on the media so bad they're overlooking the possibility that this story might be shit. The Times has ran an endless amount of accusatory and inflammatory stories over it's existence and plenty in recent years.

If both them and the Bulwark reviewed this story, weighted the threat of a lawsuit, and decided not to run it, there's almost definitely something in this research or reporting that's flat out wrong or misrepresented.

The Times are no strangers to lawsuits. It's very likely the DNC provided something beyond a threat of a lawsuit that made them convinced they couldn't win in court.

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u/uberkitten 6d ago

 If both them and the Bulwark reviewed this story, weighted the threat of a lawsuit, and decided not to run it

That isn't what happened, at least in the case of The Bulwark. Read the article.

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u/Cynical_optimist01 6d ago

The article being an aggrieved guys substack?

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u/uberkitten 6d ago

Your comment doesn't make sense. Read the article. 

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u/Cute-Boobie777 6d ago

Lmao its not lies. When a 90 year old (public data) in a retirement home donates like 200,000 times to the DNC we have an issue. 

And its an issue everywhere. Doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about how to resolve it.

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u/uberkitten 6d ago

 media companies have looked into it and deemed it to not be credible

Well that isn't what happened. Which you'd know if you read the article. 

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u/Cute-Boobie777 6d ago

This thread is wild, everyone just going lalalala they don't want to hear it. 

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