*** Official Politics Shitposting Thread ***

[OngBonga]

Does Assange have some claim to be a perfectly reliable source of information? I'm just curious as to why I should believe everything he says.

Have wikileaks been proven to be wrong yet?

[Poopadoop]

Have wikileaks been proven to be wrong yet?

How would that ever be possible?

[OngBonga]

How would that ever be possible?

Um... I dunno, perhaps by getting successfuly sued?

[Poopadoop]

Um... I dunno, perhaps by getting successfuly sued?

You have to have proof to sue someone. How do you prove leaked docs are false? Because they don't say 'this is real' on them?

[Poopadoop]

Here's a theory (just a theory): Assange is a stooge of a foreign power trying to undermine the West. Could be China, Russia, N. Korea, Iran -they all hate us. His job is to create a whistleblower persona and 'leak' phony docs that make our gov'ts look bad. Our side can't just say 'that's fake' because no-one will believe us and there's no way to prove it anyways.

Again, just a theory. For all I know he could be legit and either way it doesn't change the fact that our rulers are assholes. It's just interesting to ponder who 'wins' when our gov't gets publicly shamed.

And it's not like ambassadors aren't prime targets for espionage. So, how do you know Murray is living hand-to-mouth? 'Cause he says so in his blog?

[OngBonga]

So, how do you know Murray is living hand-to-mouth? 'Cause he says so in his blog?

Indirectly, yeah. You haven't seen how much he's plugging his book.

[Shotglass]

Here's a theory (just a theory): Assange is a stooge of a foreign power trying to undermine the West. Could be China, Russia, N. Korea, Iran -they all hate us. His job is to create a whistleblower persona and 'leak' phony docs that make our gov'ts look bad. Our side can't just say 'that's fake' because no-one will believe us and there's no way to prove it anyways.

Again, just a theory. For all I know he could be legit and either way it doesn't change the fact that our rulers are assholes. It's just interesting to ponder who 'wins' when our gov't gets publicly shamed.

And it's not like ambassadors aren't prime targets for espionage. So, how do you know Murray is living hand-to-mouth? 'Cause he says so in his blog?

That'd be a helluva lotta fakery.

Two questions,

Has the dossier actually been proven to be false? If so I've missed something.

What do you consider real news?

I don't think it's actually been proven false...more like unable to be substantiated. Kinda dif to prove a negative. IMO, it's really sayin something if the clinton news network won't run with it.

[Poopadoop]

That'd be a helluva lotta fakery.

So why does he do it then? And why doesn't he hack other countries outside the West? I've never seen a Russian or Chinese wikileak, have you?

Also, it's not like no-one has ever faked documents before, especially if they can access the originals.

Again, not saying it's true, just saying you can't assume everything that comes from Assange is the gospel truth just 'cause he projects a certain image.