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I've always thought hackers/security folks have better politics (in both directions) because they're used to thinking in terms of systems.

I would love if journalists also took the time to think about how the parties use the equivalent of social engineering to control the news cycle and bring about changes that aren't healthy for journalism or democracy

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I think they already do.

But they have to convince management to publish important stories instead of the stories that pay their bills. Is it really that surprising that it's an uphill battle?

The question we need to answer is "how are we going to pay the salaries of investigative journalists?"

On the other hand, if journalists thought more about how the news cycle/public is nefariously manipulated, journalists might just get better at nefariously manipulating it. It's certainly within their economic interest.

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