… whereas reliance on the WSJ is just unvarnished incompetence. Maybe this thread needs to move over into the Gell-Mann Amnesia thread. Those guys have made an art form out of lying and making up anonymous sources (“people familiar with the matter” & “a person familiar with”), as have most of the legacy media. It should go without saying that the hacks at the WSJ have no idea how a promissory note was drafted, much less a European peace plan.
The WSJ piece w/o paywall: https://archive.is/8uqB8
But, hey, since we’re having fun with the lying, legacy media, it looks like the peace plan may work out anyway. The ways of diplomacy are mysterious.
Did I forget to remind eveyone that how ever much you hate journalists, it’s not enough.