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The fine means she's been found guilty, Forbes.
Your use of the word "alleged" is unnecessary, misleading and makes it sound like you're taking the word of notoriously unhinged liar Perjury Greene over that of the FEC.
OP directly quoted article title. The article from Forbes uses allegedly to protect itself from a defamation lawsuit.
Yes yes, I know. What I'm saying is that there's no way they're going to be sued based on going by the determination of the FEC that anyone is guilty, least of all a politician who's known to be a serial liar.
On the other hand, using "alleged" when she HAS been declared guilty by the government agency implies that they may have gotten it wrong and/or that their ruling isn't legally binding. Either would add fuel to her and the rest of the GOP's martyrdom narrative.
If anything, the FTC should begin to fine every instance of a media outlet using "alleged" when someone has legally been found guilty.
Free speech lmao
Forbes is legendarily trashy journalism. Somehow in the 80s they developed a reputation as being the leading finance journal, which is just nonsense. They're on the same level as Business Insider.
Sure, but just because we know they suck doesn't mean we don't get to point out how much they suck. Especially when there are still people who will defend them everywhere 🤷