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(To continue your journalist analogy)

So what happens to "the journalist" when something speculative is reported in a newspaper piece that is written by 7 people five years ago? In addition, five of the seven writers are now working different jobs in the private sector, no longer writing in any newspaper.

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Nothing happens in journalism much like in science and in many other fields like disgraced police officers who end up climbing the ladder still.

Case in point: Michael Riley who wrote Bloomberg's thoroughly debunked story on SuperMicro "The Big Hack", has now been promoted to manage all of the their cybersecurity coverage.

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