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Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by kristianc on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:23PM (#18985702)
> Software engineers that have compromised their own ethics in exchange for large salaries from tech companies.

Software engineers are not in a profession that is explicitly designed around seeking the truth.

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Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by bichiliad on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:26PM (#18985725)
No, but like journalists, they (we) have a job that gives them influence over those who use their products. We facilitate the discourse and the dispersal of news that most journalism agencies must now use. Not even 20 years ago, news agencies held this same role.
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