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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Megan McArdle

      Well, almost nobody. I find the story plausible, but not reliably sourced. I'd be much more apt to believe it if someone with honor put their name to it.https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1301860841877319681 …

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      Megan McArdleVerified account @asymmetricinfo
      COUNTERPOINT: No one who doesn't already believe it would believe it simply because they went on the record; the people who are saying ANONYMOUS SOURCES right now would just shift to DISGRUNTLED EX-STAFFERS. https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1301715827553521664 …
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Daniel Chaitin

      And yes: if you're a military man who served under Trump, saw this behavior, are now out of office, & think it important for people to know before choosing the next Commander-in-Chief, it's dishonorable to do it anonymously. This just underlines that.https://twitter.com/danielchaitin7/status/1301880528480673793 …

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      Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg explains why he used unnamed sources in report about Trump insulting dead soldiers: "They don’t want to be inundated with angry tweets and all the rest..." https://washex.am/2QWhBtu  -- from @MikeBrestDC at @dcexaminer pic.twitter.com/IAANsJuIgH
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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      Anonymous "sources" sometimes just don't exist, but the larger problem is that you can't judge a witness' credibility - how directly do they know this, what context did they leave out, what is their track record, what axe they have to grind - if you don't even know who they are.

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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      This is why, in the main area of law where I practiced (shareholder class actions), the law provides that you put less weight on the credibility of any allegation in a complaint that is sourced to a "confidential witness." Court can't assess the witness' credibility.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 4 Sep 2020

      What if the story's *partly* true, but exaggerated or distorted through the lens of the writer or hearsay thru a game of telephone of sources? The reader is given no basis on which to assess that. "Trust us, were journalists" assumes none of us have seen these things fail before.

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        1. King Lucky Eat-Anter, First of His Name‏ @LuckyEatAnter 4 Sep 2020
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          Especially from @TheAtlantic.

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        1. Walton‏ @WaltonBuzzGT 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Any rational unbiased person would have to assume that is what is going on. Given the media track record, you can't believe they happened to report the whole truth when it comes to Trump. They have that chance all the time but choose to report exaggerations. It is their MO.

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        1. Clifton House‏ @Cliftonh 4 Sep 2020
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          How do you gauge the confirmations by AP and Post and Taylor? How do you factor the very public track record of attacks on McCain and Kahn and the endless lying from the administration. The Atlantic story is not in a vacuum.

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        1. Neil Hansen‏ @njh2005 4 Sep 2020
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          Sorry but we have seen what happens when arguably impeccable witnesses like LTC Vindman and Fiona Hill do come forward. There is no honest attempt to assess their reliability. This isn’t a court.

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        1. Daniel T‏ @DanielTobias_ 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          The John Kelley would come out and deny the article. You speculate that everyone is so biased against Trump that they're incapable of doing their jobs professionally. Is it possible that Trump is just a really bad person? His own sister says so.

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        1. Scottie‏ @ix_sir 4 Sep 2020
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          You want an excuse not to confront what you tacitly support. We get it.

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        1. Jack Tar’s Revenge‏ @tar_revenge 4 Sep 2020
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          Part of the story is directly contradicted by noted Trump admirer...<checks notes>...John Bolton. Sorry, but I’m not buying it.

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        1. Chuck Nichols‏ @nichols_chuck 4 Sep 2020
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          Confirmation Bias is a helluva drug

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        1. Ornery‏ @OrneryThe8th 4 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Honestly think it's possible or even likely that Trump referred to "losers and suckers" at the ceremony (meaning the other world leaders). That seems a lot more in character.

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