Those are the questions to be asked, and not journalistic assumptions it was a conspiracy theory.
I am not promoting the conclusion it is not all an error on Webb's part. I am saying the “journalists” have not made a convincing case it was a conspiracy theory. Are they, whether Webb was right or wrong in THIS CASE, just trying to conduct character assassination on Webb.
It is rather interesting that the FBI knew exactly where G. Webb was in Ohio when he didn’t tell the Coast Guard where he was and he hadn’t told his viewers on Youtube where he was.
Of course the NY Times and CNN didn’t find that in the least bit interesting.