[_yt0l]

To be fair, they have a better track record than most media outlets. They don't trust the information at face value until, according to them at least, it has been verified. What that verification process is I have no idea, but so far it does appear to be working. I might just be out of the loop, though, so if that is the case what misinformation have they spread?

[hackuser]

I've never heard of them verifying the information. They said they didn't even know where it came from. I doubt the DNC helped verify the emails.

> what misinformation have they spread?

Russian intelligence provided them with the data. I think we can assume it wasn't the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

EDIT: You are correct that I can't prove that it's misinformation. However, that is a normal part of a sophisticated misinformation campaign - that its targets can't discern real info from misinfo. It doesn't make my assertion correct but the absence of proof hardly makes it unlikely.

[grandalf]

Uh, the emails were verified as unaltered via DKIM signatures. Once Wikileaks did this all the talk of doctoring vanished, but you appear not to have realized this.

[hackuser]

That's not what I saw, I followed the issue closely and hardly saw anyone bring up that it was a likely misinformation campaign. But please let's discuss here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12990832