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As soon as the author began referencing Applebaum seriously, the article lost most of its credibility.

I dunno, Applebaum might've been an epic plagiarist, but the work he was trying to take credit for was often solid.

I'm sure the work was solid, yet not his. To weave him into this story with that stupid tagline "the most dangerous man on the Internet" with the insinuation he was some kind of hacker... is garbage journalism.

> Applebaum might've been an epic plagiarist

What are the plagiarism charges against him? I'm only aware of the sexual harassment/assault/rape allegations.

I haven't been specifically saving URLs on this, but it's a pattern of behaviour that's been discussed at length on the internet more than once.

Given that, I'd effectively be googling and then picking the articles that best suited my current beliefs on the topic, so honestly you'd be better informed by googling and then reading until you have your own beliefs. (this is not meant to be a disguised lmgtfy, I genuinely think you'd come out worse informed if I tried)

I'm curious, why? Is it because of the recent sexual misconduct allegations or something else?

Can't speak for OP, but that's probably it. After the whole cluster that blew up around him the community seems very split in their opinion of him now.

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