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That is a bad sort of victim blaming.

I hope you wouldn't apply that logic to victims of other non-online crimes.

Anyway, separately, she addresses that in her article, convincingly I thought. Plus she's brave and helping others to write about this (which victim blaming doesn't encourage).

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My only point is that she is a journalist working for a reputable news agency for 21 years. Her job was to fact check everything. This means that a lot of things she told in the media before should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Not just her. All of journalism.

http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

I would expect my aunt who thinks everything on WhatsApp is true to fall for it. She is a professional journalist with lots of experience as a fact checker. I am sorry she fell for it but someone with her education level and awareness I expected more.

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