They call it a tabloid account and "backstairs gossip." By definition, both of those terms call its authenticity into question. People don't use those words for well-researched, substantiated accounts. And he himself doesn't have to lie or fabricate anything.
Definition of gossip in Oxford Dictionaries (British & World English)
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but again they they do not accuse him of lying, they are very careful in what they say because they can get sued for lying and libel and kessler himself can get sued
by definition investigative journalists use iffy sources sometimes, just like woodward has been accused of the same thing, but at the end of the day nobody is suing people like woodward or kessler because publishers have lawyers and editors that go through all the claims
What's more absurd is you trying to discount a clear majority of reviews that all say the same thing as the Publisher's Weekly review. You know why user reviews exist, right?
user reviews exist for the same reason the coli exists, its a place where people can express their views, but a user review on amazon is not any more credible than you or any poster's opinion, you might as well say the majority of HL posters think it s a fabrication
One is a matter of fact statement that happens to involve casual racial slurs, the other one is a cynical political statement (at least the way it was originally posted) that supports the idea that Democrats schemed to entice Blacks with policy that wasn't meant to help them. The latter claim is much stronger, and thus in need of more substantiation than the former.
im not following why does one require more substantiation than the other one, they are both consistent with the way johnson was known to talk, and i i think you are confused, in both cases involved johnson trying to help black people in return for their votes, in fact in the youtube video he is saying that they cannot prove discrimination, so apparently he was trying to accuse texan republicans of blocking the black vote
so aside from him using the word ****** there isnt anything particularly racist about the statements, it just shows a white cynical a$$hole president from texas trying to win and cling on to power, the statement is very consistent with johnson
This wasn't an investigative journalist account. At this point you're just being obstinate. It's very possible, and just straight up true, that you can be an investigative journalist and write one or two pop gossip books that aren't consistent with your other works. I see you pointing to his other work as a way to evade what is very obviously different about this one when you directly and objectively look at it.
the fact is he is an investigative journalist, the fact that you dont like his quotes doesnt make him not an investigate journalist
im not avoiding anything, im using people's past writings to assert that this book is also credible, which is how you build credibility
Kessler doesn't need to be the one fabricating. And now you're suggesting that it's "unlikely" for people to fabricate things about their political colleagues or former bosses? We both know that's a laughable claim. Regardless, the rumor could also have started without direct fabrication, and have been reported by someone who heard it. There are many ways claims like these can emerge and spread.
im just pointing out the theoretical possibility that any book, not just kessler's can have fabricated quotes but at the end of the day anybody that thinks kessler is lying is more than welcome to sue in court