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minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-29 hours agoWeren’t they just aired quite publicly on the media?
minus-squarerainwall@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoNot for decades. Only very, very recently have they gotten any appreciable press because Trumps admin fucked this up so badly.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 hours agoWhat stopped them from posting claims publicly on social media or online?
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoWhy do you think you’re hearing about it?
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·7 hours agoBecause it was frequently in the press? There’s no shortage of links to news reports & stories in the wikipedia articles on the victims, cases, topics.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·7 hours agoBecause the reporters did their job? You know these reports started before social media was mainstream, right?
minus-squareDrSteveBrule@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoSo what is the point of questioning whether these women made their claims on social media or not?
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agoYou can read up, can’t you? I didn’t claim billionaire media owners will [gag victims from exercising their freedom of speech], mostly So, I’m asking how that (apparent counterfactual) works. Does it withstand scrutiny?
Weren’t they just aired quite publicly on the media?
Not for decades. Only very, very recently have they gotten any appreciable press because Trumps admin fucked this up so badly.
What stopped them from posting claims publicly on social media or online?
Why do you think you’re hearing about it?
Because it was frequently in the press? There’s no shortage of links to news reports & stories in the wikipedia articles on the victims, cases, topics.
And how did it get to the press?
Because the reporters did their job? You know these reports started before social media was mainstream, right?
So what is the point of questioning whether these women made their claims on social media or not?
You can read up, can’t you? I didn’t claim
So, I’m asking how that (apparent counterfactual) works. Does it withstand scrutiny?