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Why? They were "unable to independently verify the author's credentials". pic.twitter.com/bubkJ8ukiM
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) December 5, 2023
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South China Morning Post pulls op-ed after inability to ‘independently verify the author’s credentials’
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) December 5, 2023
🔗 https://t.co/LDbB3rh3lq pic.twitter.com/sLAQq73fTj
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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) December 5, 2023
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2/ The headshot appeared to be AI generated.
— Tom Grundy (@tomgrundy) December 5, 2023
No response from SCMP, nor the Slovak Academy of Sciences, which the paper claimed Sojka was affiliated with.
4/ Comes days after SCMP threatened HKFP with legal action over a normal media enquiry, urging us to be "responsible and ethical." https://t.co/56XIEnOSQT (Our ethics code: https://t.co/wX1YWfUzQI). pic.twitter.com/r4QskMbdNl
— Tom Grundy (@tomgrundy) December 5, 2023
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If you considered @SCMPNews a credible news source, you might want to reconsider. On Friday, it published an op-ed by a non-existent expert from Slovakia 🧵@risj_oxford @eduardosuarez @RSF_inter @MatejSimalcik @MartinSebena @mateusz_chatys @J_Jakobowski @r_zalski pic.twitter.com/FXSVaJ2sbE
— Tomasz Augustyniak (@TomAugustWrites) December 5, 2023
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weehingthong 