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Re:The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every M... by hervature on Saturday March 28, 2020 @07:25PM (#22715097)
A Pulitzer prize winner and a Pulitzer prize finalist. Not really sure what conclusion to draw from your comment.
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Re:The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every M... by buzzerbetrayed on Saturday March 28, 2020 @08:36PM (#22715410)
I'm not sure this logic is sound.

For starters, it feels like an appeal to authority. I don't think Pulitzer gets to decide who is credible, as they possibly (likely?) have an agenda like anyone else.

Second, I'm not sure how many hundreds of Pulitzer prizes have been given out over the years, but I surely don't blindly trust every source that has every been awarded one.

Third, receiving a Pulitzer price for one story/investigation, doesn't mean that all the stories written by your dozens of other reporters also become credible.

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Re:The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every M... by maallooc on Saturday March 28, 2020 @11:55PM (#22716246)
Well it's pretty simple. I treat news from EFF the same as I treat news from huffpo and buzzfeed. Pretty easy to draw a conclusion, I think.
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