The fact that these 'sting operations' by private agencies were intended for planting in newspapers is an interesting issue. Reminds me of an article about how

The fact that these 'sting operations' by private agencies were intended for planting in newspapers is an interesting issue. Reminds me of an article about how a BBC report about language tests for immigrants caused the UK government to inaccurately crack down on people who were taking tests legitimately https://twitter.com/natematias/status/992739616443772928 https://twitter.com/natematias/status/992739616443772928 Basically, the media is really eager to 'expose' things, but what happened before (if the information was collected by a partisan entity) and after (if the exposé led to overreaction) is something to consider...