[MattDemers]

>Yet in no where in the article did the affected parties go on record to corroborate this.

Not excusing the article, but it feels very rare that we get someone "on the record" or an objective "this is actually happening due to the information we have" out of journalism. It's opinion and supposition disguised as fact.

Obviously it's because of NDAs, punishments for going on-record and personal safety, but it still feels like that shouldn't be an excuse for shoddy articles.

[orev]

That’s quite a huge leap from “here’s a bunch of facts the seem to point to a specific conclusion” to “it’s all shoddy journalism and nothing but opinions”. This article lays out a number of facts, which quite clearly connects the dots to a clear picture of what’s going on.

Even in science we mostly have a “bunch of facts that probably point to a specific conclusion” and that’s usually the best we can get.

[jeegsy]

> quite clearly connects the dots to a clear picture

Thats the opinion part