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2022-11-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

AP fired a reporter after a dangerous blunder. Slack messages reveal a chaotic process

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Posted by DooDahMan 2022-11-24 04:56|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

Comments from ZeroHedge:
(1) Scapegoat?
(2) Most importantly, however, who was the anonymous 'senior US intelligence official' that fed LaPorta a false narrative which risked WWIII?

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-11-24 05:12|| 2022-11-24 05:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry we almost started WWIII. If hundreds of millions of people got killed, well, we had good intentions.

Posted by Tom 2022-11-24 06:32|| 2022-11-24 06:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Once upon a time gossip was considered to be a sinful, dirty activity. This lad surely seems to be reaping punishment of a sort right now.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-24 07:06|| 2022-11-24 07:06|| Front Page Top

#4 LaPorta almost secured a contributors slot at CNN, but instead he ends up as a sandwich artist. Should have skipped out on the doctor and submitted the $20 charge on his expense report. I don’t think his CIA sponsor will be making his December rent payment for him.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-11-24 07:34|| 2022-11-24 07:34|| Front Page Top

#5 "Do you want fries with that anonymously sourced scrap of propaganda, sir?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-11-24 07:38|| 2022-11-24 07:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Gotta wonder why he won’t/can’t comment: what’s the AP gonna do; fire him?????

Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-11-24 09:11|| 2022-11-24 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Gotta wonder why

Integrity statute in the settlement NDA?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-11-24 10:22|| 2022-11-24 10:22|| Front Page Top

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