Co-opting Journalists and Funding Who What Why

• 1:08:16Tim describes how establishment media promotes competing journalistic brands to marginalize independent voices like Russ Baker's work.
• 1:08:42When independent journalists gain traction, the system will come at them with everything to neutralize the threat.
• 1:09:03Tim asks whether Michael Hastings's death was a convenient accident or something more sinister, given his enemies.
• 1:09:42The forensic question: does a Mercedes engine get violently ejected when a car simply hits a tree?
• 1:09:56Hastings's neighbor reported he suspected someone had been tampering with his car before his death.
• 1:10:11Responsible journalism on difficult topics requires funding, teams of people, and focus—resources most outlets don't provide for investigations.
• 1:10:36People claim to support good journalism but don't actually step up to fund it because we haven't trained ourselves to back what we believe in.

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