Always give it three days. This is a golden rule of journalism that requires reporters and commentators to wait when speculating on big salacious stories.
It’s a rule that works, but not when it’s ignored, as it has been by both sides of the political spectrum in the case of the attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the Speaker of the House.
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