A viral post on Reddit claims that former President Donald Trump recently flew on a private jet once owned by deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The
  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 months ago

    Somebody has a sense of humor. There’s no way the Trump team would have thought to look into this so this is the leasing entity being cheeky. But, it was probably just a matter of the plane being ready.

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
    11·
    3 months ago

    Records indicate that an aviation company, according to Reddit user u/shiruken, bought the plane from an LLC linked to Epstein in February 2021

    Shouldn’t the journalist at least verify these claims before publishing an article?

    How the fuck is a reddit user a source?

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      22·
      3 months ago

      Because the reddit user linked to a set of reliable sources for everything except the photo of the jet showing its tail number and use by the Trump campaign (which they provided)

      The journalist then discovered that a local news outlet had published a photo of the same jet including tail number being used by the Trump campaign, so they had the full chain of evidence without depending on a reddit user’s say-so.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    “According to reddit user /u/blyatcorp” - okay stop.

    I need a news story to not have random redditors as the only source.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      15·
      3 months ago

      That’s why they included the links that person provided, which document the historical ownership of the plane.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Fair, but two things:

        * “The origins of the photo aren’t exactly clear. According to u/shiruken, the photo was first posted by the redditor u/ChuckBarley. Neither account responded to inquiries sent by the Daily Dot.” is still the problem as “the photo” is the linking evidence * All of the info was copy/pasted. The author could have referenced their own search, and it’d be easy to do but they didn’t.

        Which isn’t to say it isn’t believable, it is, just that it’s conjecture because they ran the story without verifying it.

        Edit: looks like they ‘confirmed’ it via an Xitter account, which - is something? I guess?

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      It’s not the only source. That was the person who noticed it and made the connection. The authors then did their own investigation and confirmed that it was true.

      The Air Current, an outlet that provides, according to its X bio, “data-driven reporting & analysis on the business, technology, and strategy of flying,” stated on Monday that it confirmed that Epstein previously owned the plane used by Trump.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Ah okay, thank you. I wonder if that was an update to the story - that was all I was looking for.

        It’s still hinging on a social media account (The Air Current) but it’s corroboration at least.

    • bambooEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

      The sources are all public information:

      This aircraft’s old designation was N212JE (note the matching serial number) and was previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein (note the last two letters of the tail number),” they wrote. “The registration history shows it was owned by Epstein’s Plan D, LLC in the U.S. Virgin Islands before being transferred to N550GP, LLC in February 2021. The tail number was subsequently changed to N550GP in July 2021.

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    In his defence, it was a really good price. They gave him the black-light special pricing.

    50% off if you promise to never shine a black light in there.