Quoting vs providing screenshots makes exactly 0 difference regarding level of proof. Faking an email or WhatsApp message is about 2 minutes of work.

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epolanski 4 hours ago | parent [-]

1. Fake emails or screenshots can still be analyzed and questioned and they are regularly debunked.

2. The author mentions X replies, those are public, where are they?

I'm gonna stand by my opinion: you deliver information, you provide all the evidence that is sensible to share. That's what journalism, especially investigative journalism does, and OSint can go a long way in helping.

	▲	echoangle 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Fake emails or screenshots can still be analyzed and questioned and they are regularly debunked. How? If I get two phone numbers and send myself a message and make a screenshot, how are you going to debunk that? It’s a legit screenshot, you have no way of verifying anything. And I can also just import self written emails into thunderbird and take a screenshot. There’s nothing to analyze. I agree that he could have linked the Public stuff though.