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   Bruce MacDonald (rationaldoge@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 23:13:33 JST Bruce MacDonald

   'It’s one thing to get scooped when your competitors bust their humps. Or when they catch a lucky break one way or another. It’s quite another thing to get scooped when the story has sat in your notebook for 3½ years.

   'And then it goes viral.

   'This very scenario played out in recent weeks for The Post, which has sat back and watched the New York Times nail down a precious exclusive whose epicenter is a leisurely drive from its K Street newsroom.' #journalism
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/05/washington-post-alito-upside-down-flag/

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 23:14:00 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @rationaldoge
     Reading this, can’t help thinking how both WaPo and NYT seem to have given up and left ProPublica to do all the really tough investigative reporting.