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Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil... by callalex on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @03:13PM (#36791689)
In this case it’s probably not so much that the author was forced into journalism, and more that the student was empowered to cover this story without fear of retaliation due to his parents’ large megaphone.

With the sheer volume of scandals coming out of Stanford these days, it wouldn’t shock me if a critical mass of former students start feeling empowered to speak out now as well.

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Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil... by godelski on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @09:46PM (#36795953)
"Hey, your parents are journalists right? I think that guy's works is fishy. How would I report this or investigate further?"

There's definitely an attractive force based on generational expertise. I'd guess more people would be likely to feed them information as well as they would innately have more experience (learned growing up) and definitely have more access to expertise. Considering someone said the student was in CS I don't think I'd say they were forced into journalism, but it does definitely relate to the skills and resources at their disposal.

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