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by ta392828 1785 days ago
Turns out people lie (even in court, but let's just focus on the innocent until proven guilty part)

https://reason.com/2018/10/17/seneca-valley-mean-girls-false...

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And when there’s a documented pattern to the point that lawsuits are filed with evidence and testimony, AND the person telling the story has very little to personally gain (and a lot to lose since conservative Twitter tends to send death threats over things like this), you tend to take the one more likely.

Further, if you read the article there is a literal whole company with a business relationship that was cancelled with blizzard over this. I think you really really really should do some soul searching on what makes you have a knee-jerk reaction that they're making it up.

But also, news organizations are cognizant that their credibility takes a hit if they just publish every single accusation regardless of attribution.