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RandomAccess

(5,210 posts) Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:00 PM Apr 2018

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This should exonerate Joy Reid --

Please spread it far and wide -- add it to every Joy Reid DU thread; share on FB if you go there; retweet -- whatever. Let's shut this down.

Cybersecurity expert working w/ Joy Reid on alleged hacking releases lengthy statement: "Five months ago, we found evidence Joy Reid’s now-defunct blog ... was breached after a review of suspicious activity."

Link to tweet

It was already posted here, but isn't getting much traffic
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210542735

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This should exonerate Joy Reid -- (Original Post) RandomAccess Apr 2018 OP

K&R HipChick Apr 2018 #1

K&R!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #2

K&R. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #3

Yeah, here's something more recent from the same author: Spider Jerusalem Apr 2018 #4

+1 RandomAccess Apr 2018 #5

So, which one is it... lame54 Apr 2018 #9

Apparently it's "I wrote an actual article when I had more complete information" Spider Jerusalem Apr 2018 #10

Hayley is saying something different today in her HuffPost articles. different from 2 days ago. AncientGeezer Apr 2018 #6

K&R. lunamagica Apr 2018 #7

K & R skylucy Apr 2018 #8

And Here Too: Has the FBI Asked Josh Uretsky about this cyber hack of Reids account? Wwcd Apr 2018 #11

There is no evidence there. mythology Apr 2018 #12

Check where Josh Uretsky was about that time. Wwcd Apr 2018 #13

Jean Val-Joy stole bread 10 years ago but DU's Javerts won't let go. nt oasis Apr 2018 #14

It Is Really Not That Hard For Someone To Check Her Server's Backups PaulX2 Apr 2018 #15

Reid has already confessed that she wrote most of the homophobic posts. mr_liberal Apr 2018 #16

Not all of them, she just admitted and profusely apologized for the posts she wrote. George II Apr 2018 #18

That one has appeared several times between last night and now, but sadly.... George II Apr 2018 #17

Quote from internet Trump trolls: Kingofalldems Apr 2018 #19

Who gives a shit what she may or may not have written NoMoreRepugs Apr 2018 #20

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:01 PM

Apr 2018

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

2. K&R!!

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:03 PM

Apr 2018

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

3. K&R. n/t

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:03 PM

Apr 2018

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

4. Yeah, here's something more recent from the same author:

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:03 PM

Apr 2018

Joy Reid’s Hacking Claims Look Increasingly Unlikely
Only a pretty bizarre course of events would have led to those allegedly "fraudulent" homophobic blog posts.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/joy-reid-blog-post-hacking_us_5ae0ae7ee4b02baed1b593b6

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

5. +1

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:05 PM

Apr 2018

Thanks

lame54

(35,295 posts)

9. So, which one is it...

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:21 PM

Apr 2018

Guilty or not

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

10. Apparently it's "I wrote an actual article when I had more complete information"

Reply to lame54 (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:22 PM

Apr 2018

which seems like sound journalistic practice, to me.

AncientGeezer

(2,146 posts)

6. Hayley is saying something different today in her HuffPost articles. different from 2 days ago.

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:09 PM

Apr 2018

"Joy Reid’s Hacking Claims Look Increasingly Unlikely
Only a pretty bizarre course of events would have led to those allegedly “fraudulent” homophobic blog posts.
By Hayley Miller"
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joy-reid-blog-post-hacking_us_5ae0ae7ee4b02baed1b593b6

And...
"Joy Reid Drops Event Appearance Amid Scrutiny Over Hacking Claims
The MSNBC host was supposed to moderate a panel in New York City on Thursday.
By Hayley Miller" which contains this..."This time around, Reid has vehemently denied writing the posts, claiming her blog had been hacked. But as HuffPost reported, only a pretty bizarre course of events would have led to the allegedly fraudulent homophobic blog posts."
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joy-reid-cancels-event_us_5ae1d916e4b055fd7fc90c67

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

7. K&R.

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:12 PM

Apr 2018

skylucy

(3,739 posts)

8. K & R

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:14 PM

Apr 2018

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)

11. And Here Too: Has the FBI Asked Josh Uretsky about this cyber hack of Reids account?

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:31 PM

Apr 2018

Seems this is what he was notorious for doing for a fee.

Here..Reid is exhonerated again & again.
Hope the FBI finds the source of this BS.

EXHONERATED HERE:
https://amp.cnn.com/money/2018/04/25/media/joy-reid-msnbc-host-wayback-machine/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

AND HERE:

Link to tweet

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mythology

(9,527 posts)

12. There is no evidence there.

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:39 PM

Apr 2018

A claim of innocence is not proof of evidence.

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)

13. Check where Josh Uretsky was about that time.

Reply to mythology (Reply #12)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:41 PM

Apr 2018

Glad to know the FBI is investigating this.

oasis

(49,393 posts)

14. Jean Val-Joy stole bread 10 years ago but DU's Javerts won't let go. nt

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 03:48 PM

Apr 2018

PaulX2

(2,032 posts)

15. It Is Really Not That Hard For Someone To Check Her Server's Backups

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 04:10 PM

Apr 2018

And see when something was added.

mr_liberal

(1,017 posts)

16. Reid has already confessed that she wrote most of the homophobic posts.

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 04:15 PM

Apr 2018

She's only saying that a couple were by somebody else. I think only two.

So its actually both. She wrote homophobic posts AND she was hacked as well.

George II

(67,782 posts)

18. Not all of them, she just admitted and profusely apologized for the posts she wrote.

Reply to mr_liberal (Reply #16)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 05:45 PM

Apr 2018

George II

(67,782 posts)

17. That one has appeared several times between last night and now, but sadly....

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 05:44 PM

Apr 2018

....that's not good enough for all the people frothing at the prospect of jumping on Joy Reid for some reason.

Kingofalldems

(38,461 posts)

19. Quote from internet Trump trolls:

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 05:47 PM

Apr 2018

"Curses! Foiled again!"

NoMoreRepugs

(9,436 posts)

20. Who gives a shit what she may or may not have written

Reply to RandomAccess (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 05:51 PM

Apr 2018

a decade ago? Seriously people, our country is being dismantled and some here are applying the purity test to Joy?

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