User talk:2601:249:8400:31B0:8489:6D8C:8C32:C0C6

Podesta emails section inaccurate
The section on the Podesta emails hack that uncovered an email Thrush composed has the line "It is common that reporters send drafts of articles to subjects prior to publication, asking the subjects to comment and verify the accuracy." I am a journalist. This is unequivocally NOT common practice. Fact-checkers should independently verify claims by sources. Journalists can run a quote by a source to ensure it is accurate, but it's poor journalistic practice to have sources vet drafts of articles, and generally frowned upon. Also the source cited says it is "not uncommon," which does not carry the same meaning as "is common." Its addition, given the context, seems to be editorializing regarding the acceptability of Thrush's actions. It has the effect of excusing them. That's odd, given that Thrush himself seems to recognize that what he's doing in having Podesta vet the grafs is something that he should keep secret. Recommend the line be removed.

Thanks, 2601:249:8400:31B0:8489:6D8C:8C32:C0C6 (talk) 16:35, 24 January 2021 (UTC)