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		smcl on Dec 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Tra... This surprises me too. Particularly since traditional media seem to be struggling and have endured decades of falling profits and belt-tightening. You'd imagine that competition for journalist positions would be tight and one of the easiest "filters" would be "Did this person leave a recent job because of plagiarism?"

pimeys on Dec 22, 2020 [–]

The fifth season of The Wire goes this through. The story is more important than the facts...

jdxcode on Dec 22, 2020 | | [–]

Shattered Glass is another good one in that realm

smcl on Dec 22, 2020 | | [–]

This is exactly what I had in mind

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