Ministry of Truth?

[Dill]

(05-30-2022, 03:47 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: No, it's not unethical to report on an incomplete investigation. What is unethical is the way in which the article was written. Don't be naive, you know exactly what the writer was after.

I've asked you to demonstrate what you think was wrong with the Slate article. Why not do that instead of just claiming the way it was written was "unethical."  What would have to be different to pass muster for you?  

I mentioned points about that article which I think indicate good journalism in post # 258.

I don't understand why you call Foer's Slate article "highly suggestive." A RWM article demanding to know why the MSM is ignoring the Hilary sex trafficking rumors is highly suggestive. But reporting on how computer scientists cross check the results of their investigation into an anomaly everyone agrees is there, certainly is not. Again, HOW does this place "party over journalistic standards"? Select a line from Foer's article which you think exemplifies this, and then show me how an “independent” would rewrite it. If you cannot, then you are just shooting the messenger.

The remark "It's hard to evaluate the findings of an investigation that hasn't ended" was in reference to Alpha Bank's internal investigation, not the investigation into the link between Trump org. and Alpha Bank, which the scientists were currently working on.

All through his article. Foer reports people trying to figure out what is going on, but admitting their bafflement. Yet you claim that it is only at the end of this very long piece that Foer disclaims "We don't yet know what this server was for," as if that uncertainty hadn't been FRONT AND CENTER the entire article.