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David Schatsky's avatar

Really appreciate this. I almost want to say that I "enjoyed it." But the tone and the subject matter deserve a more nuanced expression. I'll say that it made me think about my own professional arc even though I am not a freelance journalist. Wishing you continued (or greater) success.

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Christopher Shinn's avatar

This is great, and zoomed out a bit fully applies to freelance artists as well.

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nb's avatar

Step 1: Solicit pitches from the Justice Department for propaganda, publish it and collect hundreds of millions. Don't let most of the other suckers at your particular company know about the money or take any of it or any of the freelancers. Start a Substack called 'The Secret Strategist' where you tell your fellow journalists-in-the-know where to spend their hard-earned Israel war/Ukraine war/"wokeism"/young men turning right/Trump really won the election, not Harris/FBI Agent Epstein-as-rich-guy fiction/FBI trumped-up charges against people who it has a vendetta against, money.

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