(NOTE) PROOF has already published documentary evidence—in the form of the so-called "Eddie Block Video"—*confirming* that the Proud Boys had a prior plan to storm the Capitol. They are on video *confessing* it. This New York Times sub-hed is preposterous and bizarrely credulous.
PS/ After yesterday, we know that the NYT’s top political reporter follows the PROOF project. At what point does the NYT *consistently* ignoring PROOF reporting become a manifest flaw in its January 6 coverage? Is spite a justification for crappy, incomplete coverage of sedition?
PS2/ Below is a *very* preliminary list of individuals from the NYT who follow the PROOF project. It's about 65% complete.

So America's paper of record can't say it isn't aware of the comprehensive 1/6 reporting at PROOF. What justifies it *consistently* ignoring that reporting?
PS3/ The Proud Boys plotted to storm the Capitol. No major media outlet can credulously report otherwise. A journalistic institution would be abiding by professional ethics in noting that the Proud Boys are trying to spread *disinformation* about their intentions, but that's it.
PS4/ Instead, the NYT credulously cites the claims of a *Proud Boy*—a domestic terrorist with no credibility—in a sub-headline. Is this where Maggie Haberman gets her understanding of journalism from? From this sort of "if someone said it, we must act as a steno for it" nonsense?
PS5/ What this means is that a domestic terrorist can get his self-aggrandizing, self-exculpating lies into a *sub-hed* in the NYT, but PROOF can't get its reporting on a *videotaped confession from a Proud Boy* into the NYT. And Maggie Haberman thinks the problem is PROOF? What?
PS6/ When independent journalists say major media is broken, this is what we mean. News consumers now have a choice between simultaneously arrogant and feckless stenography and accurate reporting from people who simply don't happen to work for a corporation.

*That's* the choice.

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26 Sep
(🔐) BREAKING NEWS: Trump Lawyer Admits Trump's Legal Team Was Seeking An Emergency Injunction Against Certification of Biden's Win As Trump Incited a Riot to Delay the Joint Session of Congress sethabramson.substack.com/p/breaking-new…
1/ Many of you read, at the time it was published, PROOF's comprehensive analysis of what Trump's game plan was for January 6. It was published in early March; now, over 6 months later, nearly all its details have been confirmed. You can read it here (🔓): sethabramson.substack.com/p/here-is-the-…
2/ PROOF reported—based on reliable public evidence—that Trump's January 6 plan was simply to *delay* the certification of Biden's win, and that his purpose in aiming for this was to execute a "public" stratagem (involving legislatures) and a "private" one (involving lawyers).
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26 Sep
This eBay seller is selling two graded video games: a CASTLEVANIA II for $195,000 (not a typo) and a GUARDIAN LEGEND he put up for auction this week.

When the latter game was at *$250* with 2 days left, he cancelled the auction.

This is how an artificial market bubble operates.
(PS) There are definitely some people who want to collect sealed and graded video games for real. There may even be 500 to 1,000 such people worldwide. But a group of 50 to 100 investors/resellers is running this market, which—in *total*—is a complete sham. And it's a damn shame.
(PS2) Did I mention that the game he's trying to sell for $195,000 *isn't even in mint condition*?

Auctions reveal how people *really* value a good—which is why these market manipulators have to cancel an auction the *second* it reveals the true value of what they're pumping up.
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Yes, I'm aware Maggie Haberman is attacking me on Twitter right now. No, it doesn't bother me. I've said for years that I don't respect access journalism that uses known liars as neutral sources. I abhor it when she does it, or Bob Woodward, or Michael Wolff.

And she knows this.
I'm not obligated to be an apologist for Haberman's shoddy journalism, or Woodward's, just because they've won Pulitzer Prizes and they think that independent journalists should kiss their feet. I teach journalism at an R1, and I'd *never* teach students to do what Haberman does.
My thread on Haberman's shoddy journalism today was far shorter than the one I did on Woodward's shoddy journalism two days ago.

I have been clear and consistent in my criticism of contemporary access journalism and the erasure of independent journalists.
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Police have made an arrest in the murder of my former work colleague at Nashua District Court, Sgt. Donna Briggs of the Hudson Police Department. I'm so relieved—as I know everyone who admired and cared about Sgt. Briggs is. Just wanted to update everyone. boston.cbslocal.com/2021/09/24/cra…
PS/ Craig Sprowl is charged with negligent homicide, rather than murder, but given that this was a hit-and-run, I'd be surprised if we didn't ultimately see a superseding indictment for second-degree murder, hence my use of that term. The important thing is that an ID was made.
PS2/ I just want to say again what I wrote two days ago: Sgt. Briggs was an incredible person and police officer, and I admired her more than I can say. It was an honor to work with her in the aughts—and to see her commitment to public service up close. She will be sorely missed.
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I'm trying to figure out why CNN thinks it's building its brand or consumer trust when it brings on Maggie Haberman to falsely say we know next to nothing about the meetings that led up to January 6. Haberman has tried to destroy any indie journalist who's done reporting on this.
CNN and other outlets have a choice: they can bring on-air people who've actually done the work on the events of December 18, December 21, December 28, December 30, January 2, January 3 and January 5, or it can bring on Haberman and ask her about the few things *she* knows about.
What no media outlet can do is bring people on-air, ask them about things they know nothing about, and then treat their ignorant responses as useful intelligence for viewers. This isn't even a complicated concept—it's Journalism 101. Why is this so hard for CNN and other outlets?
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