>I mean, trying to keep a secret cabal among journalists must be pretty tough It does not have to be a 'secret cabal', just a group of like-minded individuals

>I mean, trying to keep a secret cabal among journalists must be pretty tough It does not have to be a 'secret cabal', just a group of like-minded individuals soft-coordinating their responses. JournoList [0] has existed for three years before being made public. When exposure forced JournoList to close, the response from the members was immediately to create another group like it [1]. What also telling is that the members don't think of themselves being a part of 'secret cabal', which allows for the double-think of coordinating responses while being sincerely sure they do no such thing [ibid.]. JournoList is not just an isolated example. There was at least GameJournoPros (no good source link unfortunately), explicitly modeled after JournoList and it's safe to assume that many more exist. [0] :: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList [1] :: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList#Cabalist_spin-off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList#Cabalist_spin-off