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Oct 13th 2016, 4th day @wikileaks posted #podesta emails - always at 9am in NY, 1300 in Dublin. at 1200 I asked @ColmMcGlinchey to monitor the site, 20 mins of reverse search later he found several hundred new emails - we had #podesta6 but @wikileaks hadnt tweeted.
Anyone else could have done this - @wikileaks was publishing like clockwork. Nobody looked. We discussed with Newsroom that gazumping @wikileaks would set the conspiracy theorists in motion - but broke the news
Not long after an intrepid US State Dept funded journalist in Ukraine decided this was too much to be true and a conspiracy must be at hand.
His speculation was picked up and powerfully amplified by a senior Clinton campaign staffer - keen to stoke fake #Russiagate conspiracies -
At this stage even @wikileaks pointed out the fully fledged fast-moving conspiracy theory that suited a desperate campaign narrative was bullshit.
The intrepid US govt-funded reporter decided to ignore explanations I had put online and corroborated by @wikileaks explanation and fudge, so his tweet would remain part of the Clinton campaign conspiracy.
I spoke with @Ruptly head of news today: @barnabynerberka and team had been on a 24/7 Embassy stakeout for a week. Any other news agency could have done this BUT DIDN'T. So when you hear journalists 'asking' - tell them the truth and have them read this rt.com/viral/362696-r…
Oh and here's @ColmMcGlinchey trying to explain to the Clinton staffer that he was amplifying a conspiracy theory with a @RFERL reporter
