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There's a tangible sense of entitlement re: a "working relationship" w sources, and that expectation seems somehow *stronger* when the journalist obviously has some disdain for the source. Drop the assumption that everyone should just take it & it looks like very weird power play
Consider the fact that people like @balajis are actually *expected* to assume good faith on the part of journalists, and that this is more often treated like a moral imperative than good sense. These are writers, guys, not some sort of Northwestern-annointed priest caste
Also it’s very clear at this point these baby media outlets have some really problematic ethical incentives
My [limited] personal experience is that journalists will manipulate you & your words into misleading / damaging phrases that fit their preconceived narrative.
I have had personal encounters with reporters from NYT, LAT, ABC, CBS, NBC, WSJ, and others. To a person, they were duplicitous liars, looking to retrofit facts into a narrative, and hadn't done even rudimentary homework. Since then, I've been suspicious of every story I've read.
Everyone is wary of journalist these days. Publicly posting a DM like that is the power play. Plenty of other ways he could have played it, this was the wrong one.
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