RE: Examining Honey from a Different Perspective - Steemit Sock Puppetry Continues

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pulpably (45)in #steemit • 8 years ago

This is what investigative journalism used to look like before it was strangled by politics in the real world. Thank goodness for the transparency of the block chain! @ats-david, I salute you.

This article makes a reasoned argument and presents facts. It's good journalism.

8 years ago in #steemit by pulpably (45)

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ats-david (74) 8 years ago

Thank you. I appreciate that. This wasn't a solo effort and there's still more that needs to be addressed. As I said - this rabbit hole is fairly deep.

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littlescribe (65) 8 years ago (edited)

Who helped you? @bacchist? Or someone off-scene? Are you going to be doing some more digging?

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ats-david (74) 8 years ago

More digging? You know it!

But really, most of the digging has been done. Now the information just needs to be presented.

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pulpably (45) 8 years ago (edited)

This type of reporting should be encouraged. From Bill Moyers: "One of my mentors told me that “News is what people want to keep hidden, everything else is publicity.”

In the same speech, he goes on to say:

"What happens when our elections are insider-driven charades conducted for profit by professional operatives whose spending on advertising mainly enriches themselves and the cable and television stations in cahoots with them? We know the answer, we know that a shortage of substantial reporting means corruption remains hidden, candidates we know little about and even less about who is funding them and what policy outcomes they are buying. It also means even more terrifying possibilities. As Tom Stoppard writes in his play Night and Day, “People do terrible things to each other, but it’s worse in the places where everybody is kept in the dark.”

Transparency can be maintained on the block chain. Why even try to turn it into the kind of place where everyone is kept in the dark? Bill Moyers's ultimate argument is that investigative journalists need to be paid higher wages. We should be rewarding good journalism on Steemit.

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