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>Remember, the people are only anonymous to you. Reuters knows who they are.

A group of Russian trolls/comedians have been able to cheat Western politicians and journalists into talking with them using deep faked webcam feeds and edited documents.

Most still remember the amount of ridiculous "anonymous source" bullshit stories that were pushed during the Trump years.

Honestly at this point I just assume all "anonymous sources" and the journalists who quote them are lying.




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