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insomniasexx  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Latest FBI Claim of disrupted terror plot deserves much scrutiny and skepticism

I only questioned the new organization for their interesting choice of headline and writing style. Based on what the original goals for the Intercept were, I find it interesting that they are reporting with headlines that could literally be pulled from reddit news. It's not as blatant as buzzfeed, upworthy, etc but it's definitely got some clickbaity, fear mongering in there.

This is not to say that it is actually a conspiracy theory or the facts are wrong. It just set off my skepticism sensors. As many others have pointed out in this thread, the facts themselves have more or less been reported by other organizations and there's nothing entirely earth shattering here.

I still feel like with the lofty goals of the Intercept, a tiny bit more traditional and objective journalism would be seen. After reading the article, before seeing the domain, I would never have guessed it was them. I guessed it was a conspiracy blog or like news week or some shit. That's my only point.