[Strategerist]

China massing troops

There are a variety of false claims in the article besides the one about our DEFCON status.

One problem with DUMBKA, Wing Nut Daily, and to a lesser extent Bill Gertz is that evidence proving them wrong is often classified. They don't have nearly the accurate access to insider or classified information that their fans think; in the case of WND they are pretty much just making stuff up; for Gertz, he's very hit or miss; sometimes he does have accurate info and other times he's hilariously wrong.

For DUMBKA and WND, their modus operandi is to get page hits from excitable and stupid people with interesting, scary information, which is often a combination of false info with info they just grab from other news sources.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I’ve never actually seen Debka and WorldNetDaily in a comparison with Bill Gertz before now.

Ever.

[UCANSEE2]

their modus operandi is to get page hits from excitable and stupid people

I guess to some it is a surprise that in a capitalist society, the Media will say anything to make more money.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I did not use “Debka” for the statement of China massing troops on the border with North Korea other news sources have reported the massing as fact.