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fsr1967 t1_jd7b5vn wrote

Damn. Rolling Stone used to have good reporting. Not I'm not sure I can trust them.

sigh

Another well-liked/trusted icon bites the dust.

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RNBQ4103 t1_jd7gjx6 wrote

That article about campus rapes (for which the accusations turned completely bogus) also badly damaged it.

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bulletbassman t1_jd80s0g wrote

Talibbi has moved on from rs but he’s still a low iq sensationalist pos.

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DenotheFlintstone t1_jd87rj5 wrote

Didn't he just testify in the last couple weeks in front of congress?

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bulletbassman t1_jd8ktqb wrote

Yeah basically trying to convince congress that the government is infringing free speech because they are trying to remove misinformation from social media platforms. Absolutely ripe from a guy who’s consistently proved thru out his career not to verify his sources.

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BoldestKobold t1_jd95gzs wrote

Yeah, because he was Musk's hand-picked "twitter files" guy who was tweeting about the Dem-led federal government or Dem politicians asking Twitter to take down misinformation, while actively avoiding talking about the pre-2020 Trump administration or Republican politicians making similar requests.

Guy was previously just a run of the mill sensationalist and sometimes acceptable journalist. Now he is totally fine using his name to lend credibility to clearly and obviously partisan actions.

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sticky-bit t1_jda58db wrote

> Rolling Stone used to have good reporting.

Are we talking about the "Gunshot Victims Left Waiting as Horse Dewormer Overdoses Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals, Doctor Says" story they never retracted, or further back with the retracted "A Rape on Campus" story where they finally did?

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