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From the article you posted: "Although the Observer allowed that the accuracy of Debkafile’s information is difficult to assess, it noted that the site must be doing something right if so many military and intelligence officials, as well as journalists make up its core audience. "

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FairOpinion wrote: From the article you posted: "Although the Observer allowed that the accuracy of Debkafile’s information is difficult to assess, it noted that the site must be doing something right if so many military and intelligence officials, as well as journalists make up its core audience. "

And how do we know for a certainty how many journalists and military and intelligence officials are in its core audience?

The first I heard of Debka was soon after 9/11 when Michael Medved referenced a sensational Debka article in which it was alleged, among other things, that a U.S. nuke sub had to return to port because of a virtual mutiny by Muslim crew members.

At the time Medved said that Debka claimed to be 93% accurate.

Callers took Medved apart on the air and he never has mentioned Debka since insofar as I have heard.

I believe that Debka deliberately airs those wild rumors as fetchers while at the same time putting out mundane, uninteresting stuff gleaned from news reports in order to be able to claim it has a good accuracy record.

Debka is totally self-serving.