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It doesn't matter who does the investigation, so long as the evidence they find is reasonably easy to validate.
by mistercow 14y ago
It doesn't matter who does the investigation, so long as the evidence they find is reasonably easy to validate.
- cpach 14y agoAgreed. It will however take original research, which costs time and money. I reckon that's a bit of an issue for most blog writers (and of course that applies for lots of people that write for traditional publications as well).
- whatnottt 14y agoThis would be a good time for an experienced enough investigating journalist to set up a Kickstarter project on it. I'd chip in at least..
- cpach 14y agoNow that Peer has refuted the gossip[1], perhaps this topic can be considered settled. It's an interesting idea though. Some subjects are interesting enough that it actually might work. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4480830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4480830
- Uchikoma 14y agoI'm on no side, but what did he refute? That no strings were attached? That noone threatened to hold payments back?