A decorated Iraq war veteran named Sascha Riley is publicly claiming to have been trafficked as a child in a Trump/Epstein criminal enterprise—and their detailed testimony names some of the most powerful figures in American politics, including Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Republican congressmen. The unverified allegations were published on Substack by […]
  • breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca
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    17 hours ago

    tl;dr It seems sketchy.

    The founder of notice news (and author of this story), Andrew Springer, is a real dude. He seems to have mostly worked at news organizations running their social media. He claims to be an “emmy and peabody award-winning journalist,” but he was not working as a journalist when either of those awards were won. In 2012, Good Morning America won an emmy. He was a “social media producer.” In 2013, ABC News won a Peabody for Hurricane Sandy coverage. Again, he was a social media producer. His bio/CV is here.

    Looking at his author page on that site, they claim that he’s published nearly 20 stories in the last 48 hours. Seems unrealistic. Plagiarism? AI? Both seem more likely to me. They don’t have an entry with any bias monitoring organization that I can find.

    As for Voldeng, I can’t find much on her but she seems like a bit of a grifter. This is her bio on her brand page:

    I create what others often call impossible. I stand for my brand. I build to protect. And I protect what I know in my own knowing way, is right for me to protect.

    My work spans every sweep of civilization, and beyond.

    From advertising, aerospace, defense, education, energy, environment, finance, governance, law, media, science, and technology, to realms of sheer starlit wonder.

    She does it all!

    She sells access to different tiers (prices not listed) of “The Knight League”, which is described like this:

    The League of the Almighty, on Earth.

    It is a fellowship and a calling. Where warrior knights are trained in courage, discipline, and joy. Where oaths matter, crests are borne with honour, and training is effortless lived practice. Where knights rise — noble, ferocious, joyful, Jedi-esque — to stand for something higher. The Most High.

    What the fuck is the Knight League? No idea. All her descriptions are master classes in assembling words to say next to nothing. The link that @loppy@fedia.io posted is another great example. I have no idea what it is but I know it wants your money.

    I’d be very skeptical of either of those people in terms of vetting sources or doing serious journalism.