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for a good counterbalance to those just finding out the nyt is a state dept mouthpiece at best, read about real journalists and why there seem to be so few of t
by mptest 5mo ago
for a good counterbalance to those just finding out the nyt is a state dept mouthpiece at best, read about real journalists and why there seem to be so few of them, read Pegasus by laurent richard. Spoiler alert, real journalists who expose powerful peoples' wrongdoings simply get killed.
- omnimus 5mo agoOne of the journalists was Jason Koebler who later cofounded 404media. That is imho pretty legit outlet which uncovered many pretty damning stories about tech.
- mptest 5mo ago404media is good stuff, one of the few news outlets I pay for. I didn't dig too deep on the above comment because I have a deep respect for journalists despite admittedly many of them servicing things I dislike by choice or coercion or for remuneration or fame, etc. Reading about journalists in more authoritarian countries was seriously depressing
- mememememememo 5mo agoYep Googlers... Metans... don't throw stones.
- api 5mo agoReminds me of a related principle: “How do you know if a conspiracy theorist is really on to something?” “Check the missing persons list.”
- margalabargala 5mo agoGlen Greenwald is alive and kicking.
- chad_c 5mo agoAlong with his zero credibility. Dude torched his career just like Taibbi.
- margalabargala 5mo agoSure but releasing the Snowden files wasn't what did that. He did that all by himself cozying up to Russia.