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0 pointsroymurdock10y ago0 comments

Had to chuckle when I read this sentence -

Even with breaking news, journalistic standards would encourage working hard to uncover any bias in a key source.

- then scrolled down to see Jay Carney's bio: "Senior Vice President for Global Corporate Affairs at Amazon. Previously, he served as White House Press Secretary and spent 20 years as a reporter for TIME."

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srtjstjsj10y ago

What a weird career trajectory. Smells like revolving door corruption to give Amazon privileged access to government.

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0 pointsroymurdock10y ago0 comments

Had to chuckle when I read this sentence -

Even with breaking news, journalistic standards would encourage working hard to uncover any bias in a key source.

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srtjstjsj10y ago

What a weird career trajectory. Smells like revolving door corruption to give Amazon privileged access to government.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse