164 sats \ 5 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 1 Aug \ on: Evan Gershkovich & Paul Whelan Freed By Russia In Major Prisoner Swap With US news
For some reason, the WSJ isn't reporting this yet, which is just baffling (since, for very obvious reasons, they've been the outlet most closely on top of this story since it began over a year ago).
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 1 Aug
I think they were waiting for the White House's comment! We didn't get the notification until 10:35 so I could see that being the reason for the delay. Plus I bet they tried to figure out who the 7 unnamed deep cover spies from Norway, Poland, and Slovakia were
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 1 Aug
The New York Post is. No surprise there.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @jtwoodhouse 1 Aug
It's the top story there now.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 1 Aug
Yeah, it's just weird that they were two or three hours behind most others.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 1 Aug
The WSJ was reporting weekly on Evan for the whole year in their podcasts and for a long long time there was a strip banner about Evan at the very top of the website.
My guess is they're waiting for confirmation or video evidence or something
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