Did the author know X was false? -- I doubt it, with the possible exception of not updating the post after receiving Spencer’s screenshots 2-3hr before publication.
Did the author put sufficient effort into assessing the truth of X? -- Probably not, since the general goal was signal-boosting the concerns and the final ‘adversarial’ fact checking was quite short (especially for any allegations first raised in the draft NL received right before publishing).
Was the author acting as a neutral reporter of facts? -- Probably not, since Ben’s post is pretty clearly trying to signal-boost a bunch of allegations about NL.
As these apply to the allegations in Ben’s post:
Did the author know X was false? -- I doubt it, with the possible exception of not updating the post after receiving Spencer’s screenshots 2-3hr before publication.
Did the author put sufficient effort into assessing the truth of X? -- Probably not, since the general goal was signal-boosting the concerns and the final ‘adversarial’ fact checking was quite short (especially for any allegations first raised in the draft NL received right before publishing).
Was the author acting as a neutral reporter of facts? -- Probably not, since Ben’s post is pretty clearly trying to signal-boost a bunch of allegations about NL.