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This happens across journalism and topics, certainly not limited to this one. I'm not sure exactly how they all have the same ideas at the same time, I suspect
by 0_____0 2y ago
This happens across journalism and topics, certainly not limited to this one.
I'm not sure exactly how they all have the same ideas at the same time, I suspect that journos are highly interlinked and when a spicy tip or publication drops, they all get excited about it.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoA big enough fraction of a group of people attends the same events or sees the same set of tweets/articles, and eventually a decent fraction of that fraction comes up with the same ideas.
- jellicle 2y agoThe journalists don't talk to each other, the PR agency that created the story sends it to multiple journalists.
- 0_____0 2y agoJournos absolutely do talk to each other...do you know any journalists? How many of their friends are journos as well do you figure? The press release effect is real however