[baryphonic]

Notwithstanding the New York Times calling 4chan far-right and blatantly editorializing (seriously, if this is a news piece, why is there commentary about Discord's moderation policy?), I am most interested in whether the leaks are true.

Has the White House been grossly over-representing Ukraine's chances? Will Ukraine be unable to protect their airspace after late May?

[uni_rule]

Well 4chan sure as hell isn't full of Marxist college students quoting theory at each other nor is it milquetoast CNN-style liberals. It is predominantly right wing (in an edgy 7th grader sort of way) to the point of needing kill files to be legible like the old days of Usenet.

At the very least it's not more anarchist leaning like it was 15 years ago.

[thinkingemote]

Leaks are different from hacks in that they are released secretly Vs stolen. Usually a leak has a purpose.

Often it's political, and political messaging particularly about war is propaganda.

[harry8]

The only difference between a leak and hack is whether there was one person trusted with the information knowingly involved in the transfer chain to publication or not.

We don't have different words as to motives of those doing the leaking. A leak can be to support the status quo or hostile to it or anything else besides.

[TeeMassive]

During the invasion Crimea Obama refused to send military support because it would just help create a long war of attrition, which Russia has more than enough the ressource to sustain, with the same outcome.