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Amanda Lindhout - the self-funded “journalist” who was kidnapped in Somalia, got all this sensationalized press about it, co-authored a book and won all these awards, and is now a “philanthropist”. Everything about her “life story” is weird, and seems extremely fishy, IMHO… Too many “coincidences”. (archive.is)
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– bamboozler1 [S] 11 points 2 years ago +11 / -0

Call me a cynic, but I just don’t buy the story, including as described here: https://archive.is/LzNUR

Where the fuck did she get the money to fund her “career” in the first place? Bullshit it was from “bartending”.

And how the fuck does someone with no relevant qualifications or training get those media organizations to apparently trust her for their freelance work??

Then there’s all the undeserved awards, including an “honorary” degree, followed by “philanthropy”, where, again, where does she get the money from..??

This woman was never a real “journalist”, or a real “writer”, and yet, all this shit kept happening to her, and lining up, and falling in her lap. And her behaviour that she claims both during her “captivity” and subsequently is extremely unusual…

Not discounting that it could have happened as described, and that Somalia is a basketcase, nor that the whole experience doesn’t sound very traumatic, but it’s just… Something about all of it, her whole story, feels rather… “Off”, to me.

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– LastRights 8 points 2 years ago +8 / -0

She's a white female Canadian 'journalist' with a Dutch name.

Batshit insanity was hardcoded into her brain. :')

where she worked on a freelance basis for Iran's state television Press TV.[12] This led some Canadian reporters to criticize her, due to Press TV's reputation for producing state propaganda.[13]

lol, worked for Iranian Press TV.

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– deleted 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0
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– bamboozler1 [S] 10 points 2 years ago +10 / -0

Apparently she’s not on speaking terms with her fellow (Australian cameraman) kidnapping victim, either. Perhaps because she got all the gibs, and the praise and acknowledgment, and he got fuck all…

Just weird. All of this is weird, even by the standards of “(Young) Westerner kidnapped and held hostage”…

https://archive.is/bH4gj

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– RaceCreatesCulture 9 points 2 years ago +9 / -0

Your links don't work for me but if I had to make an educated guess based on the words you've written here...

She got a "sponsor". Basically, some rich dude with some connections saw a damsel in distress and promised to help her in exchange for her "sharing her story" and a new bought and paid for public figure and someone's mistress was born

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

She Eva Peroned her way up the charts?

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