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That's my point: we have no idea. We have no information other than that her and Barnett's mothers are best friends and that he was a pallbearer at her father's funeral. She could be a well educated individual that is doing her best to make a point and draw attention to something, or she could be someone who believes tons of stuff that is blatantly false and is telling her opinion to anyone who will listen. Either way, (copying from my other comment) I guess this is all more me just trying to voice frustration with the article. Not that it’s unprecedented (maybe even the norm) these days, but it’s always frustrating to see headlines with unsubstantiated claims and discussions ensuing as if it’s fact."
There is literally no other corroboration that could be given, it's a personal conversation between friends or friendly acquaintances, reported as such. There's nothing wrong with the article. This is the maximum amount of corroboration for a private conversation (none) and it's reported as a conversation, with information about the speaker's relationship and direct quotes. Just because people don't record their lives in unalterable write-once media doesn't mean personal conversations simply should never be the subject of reporting. We have headline news stories about US generals' personal conversations with Trump and his denials, and no one thinks "well, that shouldn't be reported because either side could be lying and without recording they're both equally suspicious".
I'm certain you don't actually follow a philosophy of "nothing anyone says can ever be given any more credence than anyone else" because it's an impossible way to live. And whatever high-minded "no one can ever know absolute truth" ideas you have, claiming that a HR rep and a family friend have the same level of believability is ridiculous. On one side you someone whose job is literally to say things to protect a billion dollar company and the other a family friend with nothing to gain talking about a pretty reasonable conversation one might have.
I guess I can concede that the article describes what happened, so maybe it was the headline that set off my skepticism. In my opinion there's a big difference between:
and
I know I'm being pedantic, that it's just clickbait, and that's the reality of today's media; but I've spent the last 8-10 years watching some my family radicalized by headlines like this (albeit on different topics) and feel pretty strongly about it, I suppose. After realizing a few years ago the negative effect internet echo chambers were having on me I started to try and be a little more skeptical about things I was reading, especially if I agreed with them. Most of the time I just try to keep quiet but, apparently, felt like trying to start a discussion about it this morning.
You probably have a point here. I could have better phrased my statement as something like, "I’m not sure that I’m willing to take the word of a "close family friend" who agrees with my point of view than I am a "close family friend" who disagrees with my point of view" or something similar. For instance, if the women in the article told the reporter, "he was very unhappy and told me he might kill himself" I'd still be thinking there was a convincing chance that Boeing was directly responsible because I wouldn't consider her any more credible just because she's agreeing with me.