How does bin Laden’s use of a sat phone prior to1998 disprove a claim that he ceased using the phone after a western media report in 1998?
I have no idea. Just posting a link here about Peter Jennings, Tarik Hamdi, and sat phone parts for bin Laden :
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1459184/posts
Sometimes I think reporters just write something snarky claiming to correct/fact check the record... knowing that most of their readers will never notice logical fallacies but will remember and repeat the “snarky fact check.”
This story pegged the WhoCares meter. It’s a story about nothing.