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Re:Journalists aren’t the enemy of the people. But we’re not... by specialist on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:36PM (#24400568)
Name one investigative report that was published against the wishes of the hierarchy.

Whereas stories like this are innumerable:

Whistleblowers punished for attempting to report unlawful rBGH in milk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Akre#Whistleblower_lawsui...

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Re:Journalists aren’t the enemy of the people. But we’re not... by rflrob on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:46PM (#24400655)
Ronan Farrow’s investigation of Harvey Weinstein was nearly squashed by NBC, where he worked at the time. He had to take it to The New Yorker.
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Re:Journalists aren’t the enemy of the people. But we’re not... by specialist on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:54PM (#24400706)
Farrow is a terrific example. He's like the next Seymour Hersh.

Edit: The New Yorker was Hersh's home too. Of course. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh

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