This is a great article. Thanks for posting. I agree with your analysis, but I would like to say I personally know that many of the commentators partnered with Newsbud were/are doing some great work. For example, Peter Lee, Filip Kovacevic, Pye Ian. I know from personal experience that these three are talented, intelligent, honest, and very professional in their behavior. I don't know their opinions on this current smear campaign, but I want to make sure that all people currently or formerly associated with Newsbud do not get lumped into the same category as the people involved in this smear campaign. (full disclosure: I worked at Newsbud for about 5 months).
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