Re:Facebook showed me my data is everywhere and I have absol...
by reaperducer on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:01PM
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But they do talk to IT people when they write stories about IT things, don't they?
Generally, no. They talk to people on the outside.
Unless it's a secret move
It's always amusing to me the conspiracy theories people have about journalism. These are people who boost their egos, their living, their careers by telling people things. The changes of hundreds of thousands of journalists keeping a secret about anything are pretty close to zero.
fear of being sacked (by the ads people, presumably)
This only very rarely happens (It happened to me once, and then the company contested by unemployment claim!), but only at very small organizations. Like where the entire newsroom is fewer than ten people.
Generally, no. They talk to people on the outside.
Unless it's a secret move
It's always amusing to me the conspiracy theories people have about journalism. These are people who boost their egos, their living, their careers by telling people things. The changes of hundreds of thousands of journalists keeping a secret about anything are pretty close to zero.
fear of being sacked (by the ads people, presumably)
This only very rarely happens (It happened to me once, and then the company contested by unemployment claim!), but only at very small organizations. Like where the entire newsroom is fewer than ten people.