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by smcin 232 days ago
Crucial to distinguish between knowledge, fact, claim and allegation. Compare:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk#Assassination

https://grokipedia.com/page/Charlie_Kirk : Assassination Details and Investigation

This is an active case that has not gone to trial, and the alleged text messages and Discords have not had their forensics cross-examined. Yet Grokipedia is already citing them as fact, not allegation. (What is considered the correct neutral way to report on alleged facts in active cases?)