Not true.
Sheilah
CoTH
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:lol::lol::lol:
:lol::lol::lol: Well played.
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Mel Gibson! If The Road Warrior says it, it must be true!
I have a hard time taking anything that the Daily Mail says wrt anyone’s veracity without ROTFL.
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So this is called the genetic fallacy, or the fallacy of origins.
Her business mogul father died when she was about 30 (probably suicide) and after his death it was revealed that his business empire was a house of cards and he had looted the company pension funds of hundreds of millions.
So it’s unclear whether he managed to funnel wealth to his children or whether they received nothing.
She grew up in a very wealthy family, but it is not clear whether she inherited tens of millions or nothing.It is called evaluating one’s sources, according to my esteemed Professor Iilardi of blessed memory.
the rag is one notch above the National Enquirer.
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I would say even more than that…She not only set up things she actively participated in the abuse at least in several cases as reported by the victims. She should be held accountable as an abuser, because she was. Gross and creepy. If anyone hasn’t watched the Epstein doccumentary you should, even though I normally don’t have any problem with this topic it made me sick. (I have no history of abuse or trauma but this really upset me emotionally and physically)
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I think Robert Maxwell committed suicide in 1991, she moved to NY and was Epstein’s girlfriend from about 93 to 97, then became the manager of his properties and sex procurer.
So when Daddy died, she attached herself to Epstein, whose source of wealth is dubious, as mistress then sex procurer. Instead of finding honest work when the heiress thing went bust, she attached herself to someone evil as well as dishonest.
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With no prior opinion on the sources, I looked through each of those links and there is not one word that says that Snopes is not reporting factually.
All three articles discuss the legal nastiness of the divorce of the founding couple, at length. But none of the three suggests that this has affected the work that goes on within Snopes itself. The founders do not seem to be as involved in the inner workings any more.
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Snopes is considered to be an unreliable source by people who don’t like what Snopes finds. End of story.
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Read a little deeper, there is a LOT in there that says Snopes is not following the rule of what a fact checker should be. That alone is enough, although there is more (owned by the one and only Soros and if you don’t know who that is well, research it).
Imagine Safe Sport was run this way? They would absolutely get torn apart.
A fact checking website that is not transparent, owned by a world billionaire media pusher, that is used to verify the very facts their media outlets put out? With no way to fact check the fact checker? Come on Coth, you’re smarter than that.
@SillyHorse your own personal fact checking is wrong on that one! I don’t have any agenda when it comes to Snopes other than - its bought and paid for garbage. Ask on any forum other than Coth, it seems the equestrian community is the last to accept this for some reason lol What’s my angle? I was merely pointing out that Snopes is no longer considered a viable fact checking site.
Remember when Snopes fact checked that Epstein wasn’t transporting young girls to his private island for private parties? They claimed that was 100% false. It was 2016…funny that is all scrubbed from their site now. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
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Well, you just shot your credibility in the foot with that one…
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It’s true though lol oh wait, Snopes fact checked it and said it wasn’t :lol: I don’t want to make this thread about Snopes, or Soros, just trying to share that it is not a respected fact checking site anymore and when people use it, it takes away from the point.
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Do you have actual proof of Snopes saying that the report about Epstein’s island was wrong as you presented it? Some source that is not conspiracy driven? That rather takes away from your point. It has been “known” for a very long time that Epstein’s private island parties and partiers were sketchy and suspect.
Also, Snopes does not use percentages in their investigations. When Snopes’ findings agree with with other fact-checking sites, that sort of proves you wrong, Jealoushe. Do I rely on just Snopes for fact checking? Of course not. I seek out a wide variety of sources.
You actually drag Soros into this - as he is apparently the evil behind every little thing out there - so you completely shot your own level of avowed expertise and credibility. You obviously buy into assorted conspiracy theories. I am no stable genius but I am not sucked into the conspiracy theory merry-go-rounds. I am far too skeptical and cynical for that. I would take Snopes over assorted Fox talking heads (or other left-leaning talking heads) - or even the esteemed expertise of Jealoushe.
Snopes (and other fact checkers) always provide extensive other links to back up their findings - are all those sources also wrong?
Here is a giant hint - George Soros is not behind Everything Out There and does not have his ancient fingers into everything right down to the bottom level. Especially everything that some on the Right are suspicious of. He is just a convenient excuse that some who are gullible and paranoid use for anything and everything these days… the man has been given powers that he has never had - and will never have.
You better get after Politifact and Factchecker - seeing as your expertise is knowing better than any other fact-checking organizations.
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ARRRGH!!! I have a post that will appear up there ^ at some point. But I stupidly made an edit to fix a few typos - and that slammed the post into Unapproved Purgatory. There HAS to be some way to fix this!!!
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I avoid using Snopes bc it seems to be a trigger for some people, more so those that demean the idea of triggers.
Bringing up Soros is a litmus test as far as I’m concerned.
carry on…
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Boy, I’d love to see your proof of this!
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