emptywheel

No. Within days it was clear the metadata was edited.

That's a bit different, wouldn't you argue? I've edited or deleted metadata plenty of times to protect my sources.

Not when several kinds of metadata was edited in a RU name, no. It was clear at the time it was deliberate. And it fed the press the same.

Ok, well, my point with this tweet is that I was surprised this story sounds surprised at minor edits to content like this all of a sudden

I wasn't trying to suggest it didn't happen or that there weren't loads of digital signs it pointed to Russia

I took your original point to say "It took 'this' long to find something that was edited?" when in fact it took less than hours.

Alright, cool. So we *don't* disagree. I was challenging the inflated headline as if this is a bombshell, given past reporting.