See, that's just it. I've never heard of this guy, don't know his credentials, and don't believe anything any journalist posts without being able to verify it myself. Which, is what we're taught to do in high school journalism class, probably the one class I took that actually taught me something about research that I didn't already know before my 11th grade year.
So, until I see a source, I can't just blindly follow along. Savvy?
Look dude, I'm not trying to sell something to you. I just ran down someone who claims to have confirmed and reconfirmed that Ukrainian bio labs were targeted which would support the theory Clandestine floated.
If you wanted to know his credentials it's easy as fuck. Muck Rack and other sites have a lot on him.
Want me to change your nappy while I'm at it? Okay, here ya go:
Pepe Escobar VERIFIED
Journalist, Asia Times
Middle East, Southeast Asia
As seen in: Asia Times, HuffPost, RT, Sputnik, Al Jazeera, Salon, South China Morning Post, Brasil 247, InfoWars, Mother Jones, The Nation, Zero Hedge, AlterNet, teleSUR, Le Monde Diplomatique, Daily Times, CounterPunch, Rebelion, Mint Press News, Truthdig, OpEdNews, RealClear Markets, Russia Insider, Strategic Culture, Dissident Voice, The Arab American News, New Age (Bangladesh), Iskra, USA News, Presse-toi à gauche, Yerepouni Daily News
Sure, my comment is a bit flippant, but a journalist should know better to make such an explosive claim without any proof. It would be impossible to say the man himself doesn't have a biased history, despite his often accurate accredited work. Asking for evidence, is not out of line.
Not flippant at all. Point taken. I watched the twitter feed and to my knowledge Escobar has not provided source info even though a boatload of people were pelting him with requests for it. So nothing to add. If or when anything is published it would be worth watching for.
So now we trust journalists because they're saying something we want to be and think it's happening? With no other concrete proof at the moment, it is "trust this random tweet, bro" yet probably worse cuz it's a journalist.
Link to story, please?
Source: Trust the random Twitter bro.
If the guy wasn't a credentialed veteran journo I wouldn't have posted it bro. Not a rando... though no source revealed at this time. Eh?
See, that's just it. I've never heard of this guy, don't know his credentials, and don't believe anything any journalist posts without being able to verify it myself. Which, is what we're taught to do in high school journalism class, probably the one class I took that actually taught me something about research that I didn't already know before my 11th grade year.
So, until I see a source, I can't just blindly follow along. Savvy?
Look dude, I'm not trying to sell something to you. I just ran down someone who claims to have confirmed and reconfirmed that Ukrainian bio labs were targeted which would support the theory Clandestine floated.
If you wanted to know his credentials it's easy as fuck. Muck Rack and other sites have a lot on him.
Want me to change your nappy while I'm at it? Okay, here ya go:
Pepe Escobar VERIFIED Journalist, Asia Times Middle East, Southeast Asia As seen in: Asia Times, HuffPost, RT, Sputnik, Al Jazeera, Salon, South China Morning Post, Brasil 247, InfoWars, Mother Jones, The Nation, Zero Hedge, AlterNet, teleSUR, Le Monde Diplomatique, Daily Times, CounterPunch, Rebelion, Mint Press News, Truthdig, OpEdNews, RealClear Markets, Russia Insider, Strategic Culture, Dissident Voice, The Arab American News, New Age (Bangladesh), Iskra, USA News, Presse-toi à gauche, Yerepouni Daily News
Link: https://muckrack.com/pepe-escobar/articles
Still better to post a source or at the very least some credibility posts from previous reporting.
Sure, my comment is a bit flippant, but a journalist should know better to make such an explosive claim without any proof. It would be impossible to say the man himself doesn't have a biased history, despite his often accurate accredited work. Asking for evidence, is not out of line.
Not flippant at all. Point taken. I watched the twitter feed and to my knowledge Escobar has not provided source info even though a boatload of people were pelting him with requests for it. So nothing to add. If or when anything is published it would be worth watching for.
So now we trust journalists because they're saying something we want to be and think it's happening? With no other concrete proof at the moment, it is "trust this random tweet, bro" yet probably worse cuz it's a journalist.
It is what it is. It was out there, it was being retweeted and yeah I jumped on it while it was easy to find the origin of the tweet.
It's just the tweet (as I indicated in a comment above) - so be looking for secondary conformation. 24 hour rule applies.