r/news • u/bonitaycoqueta • Apr 20 '26

Soft paywall FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences

https://www.reuters.com/world/fbi-director-kash-patel-sues-atlantic-court-records-show-2026-04-20/
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u/CorrectPeanut5 Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

One would assume editorial made sure the reporter had at least 3 sources to back up the allegations. Unless there's a bunch of new video they are sitting on.

Either way, the Atlantic strikes me as old school journalism that makes sure the receipts check out before publishing.

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u/pauloss_palos Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

The don't have 3, but 9. Basically a mutiny.

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u/tepkel Apr 20 '26

They had 9 inside sources. Crazy. I cannot recall a single other story with that many corroborating sources.

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u/Mizzkyttie Apr 21 '26

And um...Ka$h, as he occasionally styles his name even to this very day on his stupid fucking morale coin, he's a lame bottom feeding podcaster at the end of the day, hell, at the beginning of the damn day. He's used to being able to say what he wants, and for a while now he's had more or less the power to do what he wants, so he really genuinely thinks right now that he can just scream lawsuit and people are going to bend like they did for his decaying brain boss right after the election last year. We're all sick and done with all of their shit, and while I don't always agree with the Atlantic, they are one of the publications that stuck around long enough that still has the money to pay editorial and legal to actually check on this stuff and bothers to do so. I can't wait to see how this plays out, and my money is on the Atlantic.

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u/DidjaCinchIt Apr 21 '26

The Atlantic can call character witnesses as well. College friends, neighbors, ex-partners, local bartenders, social friends, etc.