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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Seth Rich conspiracy-theory is more ridiculous than you think.
http://www.salon.com/2017/05/17/fox-news-contributor-turns-on-fox-news-after-report-on-a-dnc-murder-conspiracy-falls-apart/Rod Wheeler, a Fox News contributor under contract as a private investigator with Richs family, told Fox News local affiliate in Washington D.C., WTTG-TV, that evidence existed that proved Rich had been in contact with Wikileaks before his death.
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As CNN reported this week, For months, right-wing media outlets have floated unproven theories that Rich was the person who provided Wikileaks thousands of internal DNC emails, and that his death might have been connected with the supposed leak,
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Wheeler informed CNN that he had no evidence to suggest Rich had contacted Wikileaks before his death, and had only learned that evidence possibly existed after speaking to the reporter for the Fox News story.
I only got that information from the reporter at Fox News, Wheeler said. Regarding his previous quote about possible email exchanges between Rich and Wikileaks, Wheeler told CNN that he was referring to information that had already been reported in the media.
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First there were online-rumors.
The private-investigator claims that evidence exists and the basis for his claim are these online-rumors.
And the Wikileaks-connection? He got that info from a Fox News-reporter who in turn got it from online-rumors.
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The Seth Rich conspiracy-theory is more ridiculous than you think. (Original Post)
DetlefK
May 2017
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airmid
(500 posts)1. There were some real tools on the DU Facebook page when this site was down last night. I am
amazed at what people believe.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)3. KGOP troll farms
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airmid
(500 posts)4. KGOP...love it
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)2. So Fox News is reporting "evidence" that the PI got... from Fox News.