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    1. balajis.com‏Verified account @balajis 30 Mar 2020

      balajis.com Retweeted

      The one form of equality a journalist will always resist is the idea that everyone is now equal to a journalist. https://twitter.com/vladsavov/status/1244523990258876416 …

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @balajis @stucchio

      Equal? I find that blog posts by domain experts are usually better than articles on the same subject by professional journalists.

      17 replies 35 retweets 432 likes
    3. Matthew DiPietro‏ @mjdipietro 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @paulg @balajis @stucchio

      Maybe true for topical, explanatory blog posts, but investigative journalism is rarely done by anyone but professional journalists. That takes training and expertise.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @mjdipietro @balajis @stucchio

      Is that true? I feel sure I've read posts by individuals who investigated some mystery.

      8:29 AM - 30 Mar 2020
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        1. Kurt Christensen‏ @projectileboy 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mjdipietro and

          But I don't think anything on the scale of Watergate could have been exposed by amateurs. It required dogged sleuthing over a course of months, which required someone to pay their bills while they did it.

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        1. Matthew DiPietro‏ @mjdipietro 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @balajis @stucchio

          Yes non-journalists investigate things and write articles about it. It's possible for a non-journalist to do it well. But it's rare. Standards in ethics, transparency, sourcing, accountability, etc are important, particularly when investigating power centers.

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        1. Alex Keal‏ @kealalex 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mjdipietro and

          Paul, not sure why you’re going full-trump and slamming journalists. Think it’s pretty unhelpful and not a great look.

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        1. SK Park (he/him)‏ @soonkyup 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mjdipietro and

          Amateurs most likely wouldn't have been able to bring to light stories like the Weinstein story, the Boston Globe's Catholic church story, or Watergate. We should curb shitty journalism, but to suggest there's no room for professional journalists seems like a stretch

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        2. Prashant Seshadri  🇺🇸 🇮🇳‏ @psesh5 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @mjdipietro and

          @fulligin's piece on Lambda school, for example. No one can deny the main points in his article and he is nowhere near a trained journalist @Austen

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        3. The lesser of two weevils‏ @fulligin 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @psesh5 @paulg and

          Excuse me I am a professional ok

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