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Well, you just backed from your initial saying "pay". That was a great concern, being "cozy", etc. is not so.

• kgwgk 9y ago
  Note that these are two different people.
• austinjp 9y ago
  Why is cozy less of a concern? If you're in with the in crowd, you go places. That might mean socially and professionally. Both of these have financial implications, if finance is your main concern.
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  • smcl 9y ago
    Cozy/informal incentives may be even more sinister. At least monetary payments have a hope of being tracked or spotted by someone. A wink-and-a-nod that in the future you'll get some juicy scoop or could land a cushy job somewhere else through a mutual contact if you run some story is pretty hard to spot.
• coldtea 9y ago
  All three cases (and more) happen -- and anybody that believes it ain't so, or that "being cozy" (which can make or break careers worth of millions) is of less concern than direct bribe, probably also believes in the tooth fairy. Among countless cases, some uncovered, some unknown: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/washington/09cuba.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/washington/09cuba.html It's no new either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird And not just in news either: https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/hollywood-and-the-pentagon/ https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/hollywood-and-the-pentagon/
• abiox 9y ago
  > you just backed from that's a different poster. > being "cozy", etc. is not so it absolutely is... "access" is a form of currency, sometimes an extremely valued one. the impact of access is such that the behavior of mainstream journalists can be manipulated toward one's preference through reducing or restricting it (or threatening to do so) - provided there is sufficient value in said access, of course.