* “The origins of the photo aren’t exactly clear. According to u/shiruken, the photo was first posted by the redditor u/ChuckBarley. Neither account responded to inquiries sent by the Daily Dot.” is still the problem as “the photo” is the linking evidence* All of the info was copy/pasted. The author could have referenced their own search, and it’d be easy to do but they didn’t.
Which isn’t to say it isn’t believable, it is, just that it’s conjecture because they ran the story without verifying it.
Edit: looks like they ‘confirmed’ it via an Xitter account, which - is something? I guess?
Fair, but two things:* “The origins of the photo aren’t exactly clear. According to u/shiruken, the photo was first posted by the redditor u/ChuckBarley. Neither account responded to inquiries sent by the Daily Dot.” is still the problem as “the photo” is the linking evidence* All of the info was copy/pasted. The author could have referenced their own search, and it’d be easy to do but they didn’t.Which isn’t to say it isn’t believable, it is, just that it’s conjecture because they ran the story without verifying it.Edit: looks like they ‘confirmed’ it via an Xitter account, which - is something? I guess?