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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nate: "The Register", whose article I linked to, are a British Newspaper. They are not allowed, under UK law, to knowingly post false articles. If they did, anyone could complain to the "Press Complaints Commission" (the "watchdog" of the British press), and they could be fined as a result, or sued for libel. I therefore trust the veracity of their articles without having to independently personally verify the truth of what they are saying.
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Harry, The Register made allegations. They did not make a statement; someone else did. They don't have to prove the statement, they just have to prove that someone made it.
You, on the other hand, repeated the allegation as fact. You have to provide support for the so called facts you stated.