Why would a journalist put an anonymous leak on 4chan before publishing their own story? Don’t journalists want their name/company associated with the story?
Sorry, wasn’t suggesting that the journalist did (not that it would harm their story or reputation much for 4chan to see it first) - anyone remotely close to the trail of information between the jail finding out and ABC publishing their story could have posted it - and even if they found out at the same time as the journalist did, they would have easily been first given how much needs to be checked before publishing an article under the name of a news org.
It’s hardly surprising that an anonymous social media post could be made quicker than a news story gets approved for publishing?
Why would a journalist put an anonymous leak on 4chan before publishing their own story? Don’t journalists want their name/company associated with the story?
Sorry, wasn’t suggesting that the journalist did (not that it would harm their story or reputation much for 4chan to see it first) - anyone remotely close to the trail of information between the jail finding out and ABC publishing their story could have posted it - and even if they found out at the same time as the journalist did, they would have easily been first given how much needs to be checked before publishing an article under the name of a news org.