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unsupported statement asserted as fact in the lede

Latest comment: 11 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This sentence fragment asserts a fact which is unsubstantiated: "Proportional-print typewriters were in use in the early 1970s which could have produced the documents". If you read the citation in the article, the crux of the assertion is not supported as true by the linked-to WAPO archive article. In other words, the article which is used to validate the assertion "could have produced" does not validate it. And given that this is in the opening paragraph, it causes confusion. Including this unsubstantiated claim in the opening paragraph imbalances the article and insinuates that there was a thread of possible validity to the provenance of the documents. I recommend that the sentence containing it be re-written. Tondelleo Schwarzkopf (talk) 14:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Seconded. 47.54.58.175 (talk) 14:54, 13 August 2025 (UTC)Reply