• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    Not to mention the fact that people at ABC news knew about it sometime before the reporter posted about it.

    That’s what you’d expect. What’s surprising is that they were competent enough to keep the news quiet for nearly 2 hours.

    Most people in NYC are probably in traffic or on the train at that time in the morning. Aaron Katersky probably got the scoop simply by being at work before 9am.

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      7 hours ago

      I wonder how he found out. I’m guessing the person who leaked it on 4Chan is probably a political staffer, or something. Initially I thought it was a prison guard or a paramedic. But, I’d have expected them to leak it sooner. Say you’re a 4Chan user and you’re a prison guard. Would you really discover his body, call an ambulance… and then wait over an hour and a half before posting on 4Chan?