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[–] [M] 236 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

We need an archive link to this from this guy OR someone else verifying that this is true. I tried to find it, but couldn't. I'll give everyone a half an hour.

Edit: Thanks for everyone doing so much research. The crazy thing is, when you go to @DavidShuster, the comment doesn't show up at all and it looks the account hasn't been active for a year or so. But then RedJard linked and archived the original. LillyPip confirmed that it is his account.

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  • [–] 112 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I assume you mean proof as to the claims.
    But just in case if you mean the tweet being made and made by that account, it is still up and I made an archived version of it.

    The account claims to be

    journalist [...] TYT.com Rebel HQ. Previously anchored for MSNBC + AJAM

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm going to leave this up and let you all decide if this is true or not. He hasn't been confirmed as this journalist, but x is a POS organization, so everyone gets to decide for themselves.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I trust David Shuster as a journalist, but I personally really would prefer more evidence.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's not checkmarked as officially him though. It's not that I'm doubting the journalist, we don't know if this is him.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    This article from 2010 quotes and links to that same Twitter account as being his, so it looks real as far as I can tell. Other articles and references I’ve found more recently also link to that same account. It looks legit.

    Remember, the blue check no longer means ‘verified’ – now it only means ‘paid for premium’ (since Musk took over, he changed it such that you just have to pay monthly for the blue check, not be the verified person), so I wouldn’t put stock in that blue check now.

    e: it’s at the bottom, here’s the quote:

    Meanwhile Shuster hasn’t made a peep on Twitter since MSNBC called his direct tweets to O’Keefe “inappropriate.” It will be one week tomorrow morning – we’ve reached out to MSNBC to see if there has been any suspension. Either way, he can communicate through Red Eye‘s in-box…

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