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Moostache

(11,361 posts)

9. We have access and influence whores, not journalists.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:46 PM

Wednesday

Our whores are under no illusions - they ask the hard questions, their boss (the street pimp) fires them because the goon (the Slobfather) cuts off their access and they are in financial trouble. Like any good mafia family the buttonmen have to be good earners to stay in the good graces of the don...in our malformed and broken government, this extends to the press and turns our reporters into whores.