Norway: Article about ME seminar with security

[Solstice]

I don't know if anyone has the energy, or the motivation knowing it would probably be for nothing, but it really should be asked of the reporters and the editor for this claim what fact-checking, if any, they did, or if they simply took them at their word.

Because if they issue a correction, it's because they accept that they got it wrong. They probably asked for any evidence that Reme could provide and received none that they could vouch for. Maybe the same old vague threats, but again there was no evidence for any of them. But how could they get it wrong in the first place? This is not acceptable, it's yellow journalism.

But given the way this has been put together, no one was libeled. There is no actual accusation to any specific person regarding any act based on any past behavior. It's simply a generic non-specific threat. Which makes it especially malicious since it was put together this way precisely to make an accusation by, hell not even association, but by mere existence.

The people who made this lie knew very well what they were doing, that they were amplifying past lies precisely for the effect it had, and knowing that it was so vague that it specifically accused no one of anything, while suggesting that we are all guilty for... whatever.

Don't have the energy, but I don't believe it would be for nothing. That's my opinion on most advocacy. Some of it might not bear fruit now, but it can definitely bear fruit later. The retracted bit for example is documented and can be used against these writers if they were to write further nonsense. If they would get uncomfortable questions about fact-checking and they'd ignore you then that's something that can be used against them.

Ideally if they were under enough scrutiny they'd refrain from hit pieces like this in the future. But if not we can at least show that they're acting in bad faith. Which is definitely something even if it's not the desired outcome.