The culture of professional, savvy, Serious journalism is based on back-scratching and mutual flattery. Outsiders usually do the best work.
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It's incestuous and morally corrupting. The intended audience becomes one's peers in elite media/political circles rather than the public.
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I. F. Stone didn't attend "briefings" or social confabs for exactly this purpose. One's obligation should be to the readers, not the pundits
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yep, yep, yep.
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classic example from
@Gawker (rest in peace)http://gawker.com/emails-show-politico-s-mike-allen-promised-positive-cov-1744201426 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zerohedge journos seem to think of themselves as gatekeepers rather than reporters, feel no compunction about selective reportingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I cld name "names" of
#DC reporters who regularly checked C-SPAN sked to see which Book events they were invited to that'd B on TV.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So what can we do about it? I would say stop giving them business, but it doesn't matter when they have billionaires backing them.
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