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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone else think that the anonymous NY Times article about Dump was written collectively
by the "resistors"? Perhaps that could be the reason why the Times had no problem publishing it.
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Does anyone else think that the anonymous NY Times article about Dump was written collectively (Original Post)
cornball 24
Sep 2018
OP
No. THey're the kind that would rat on their mother if it meant getting a second Dunkin Donut.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2018
#7
I assume several people are behind it, giving each individual plausible deniability.
Garrett78
Sep 2018
#16
Doesn't it strengthen "their" case to admit there are multiple authors though?
meadowlander
Sep 2018
#18
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)1. Yes,absolutely
and most people who discuss it agree.
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)2. I think that is probable
samnsara
(17,616 posts)3. Of course!.. also the NYT knows the identity of the author..s...
..this was not the work of one disgruntled staffer...
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)6. So all of them can truthfully deny being THE author
because there is no THE author.
Homer Wells
(1,576 posts)17. Shades of "Murder on the Orient Express" nt
ck4829
(35,046 posts)4. I'm picturing two people... Javanka comes to mind
They've long tried to make themselves the pretend-resistance in the White House.
This is just them trying to stay relevant.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)5. Yes, I thought that from when it was first published.
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)7. No. THey're the kind that would rat on their mother if it meant getting a second Dunkin Donut.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)8. Yep, quite possible IMO too! n/t
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)9. It does read like it was written by more than one writer
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)10. Yes,
and the main tip was when author said s/he was PART of the Resistance.
randr
(12,409 posts)11. I think it comes directly from the lsos hisself with grammerical help of course
An attempt to make the upcoming election all about him and give his minions some red meat
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)12. disgruntled conservative who is not a complete hypocrite.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)13. Since it came out I said a committee wrote that.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)14. Possibly. It would be the "Murder on the Orient Express" of Op-Eds.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)15. That's a good theory abd very possible
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)16. I assume several people are behind it, giving each individual plausible deniability.
meadowlander
(4,394 posts)18. Doesn't it strengthen "their" case to admit there are multiple authors though?
Anyway, I'm not that interested in who wrote it. I want to know what is going to be done about it.