I've been able to confirm that this was in fact! an internal test from @tribpub. If you click the links, you get a message from the company's training contractor saying you clicked on a simulated phishing test.
The level of cruelty is actually stunning, even for this company.
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It is so exhausting being distracted from actual work by this stuff. It's demoralizing and honestly, embarrassing. I feel embarrassed when I take to twitter, once again, to bring light to stupid stuff like this when there's harm out in the world that needs my attention.
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Sad that I could so easily tell it was a phishing email because bonuses in journalism are nonexistent.
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Congratulations, Executive!!
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“Executives” was the only convincing part of a promise of bonuses
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You know they have no idea how little we make when a $10,000 bonus seemed realistic to them.
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I know, I keep oscillating between laughing and fuming
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every email from Tribune looks like a phishing attempt to me...
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They can’t even spell congratulations right

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That was part of the test - phishing emails usually have tell tale misspellings.
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