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Trumpdumper

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5. No.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:05 PM

Jul 20

This is a matter of a lawyer who doesn’t understand that “exclusive” in journalistic terms means that only the WSJ and no other news medium has the story. The lawyer literally doesn’t get it that “exclusive” stories can be and indeed very often are widely disseminated. The lawyer is an imbecile.

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TIL(today I learned) that "exclusive" has an alternative meaning, according to The Groper's legal team [View all] Pluvious Jul 20 OP

Isn't dissemination pretty much the same as publication? Ocelot II Jul 20 #1

Bing-OH! Hugin Jul 20 #7

They had better get a magot judge mercuryblues Jul 20 #2

Kinda like Kelley Ann Conway and her... 3catwoman3 Jul 20 #3

Almost certainly written with a younger attorney, Ms. Toad Jul 20 #4

No. Trumpdumper Jul 20 #5

Nope. Ms. Toad Jul 20 #6

It has since at least the '40s. Igel Jul 21 #8