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@ Mike O:Investigative reporting against them is seen against the lens of politically motivated groups confirming an already inherent bias.

Well, it's not like the WaTimes has no agenda. The problem is that a lot of the allegations (in any direction) are true. What's also true us that especially the press needs those controversies, because that's what sells.

It's like both groups need each other to justify their own dysfunctional attitudes.

Well, the press facilitates this. And they do so, because it sells. Many people forget that the incentive of the press is not truth, but profit. Sensationalism equals profit. This is, for instance, why everything is a 'BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS BREAKING NEWS' on cable news channels.

It's a shame because this lens distorts so much of our ability to solve real problems to the benefit of all.

Yep, but it's not the press' role to solve problems to the benefit of all. It's their role to return profit on the investment of their share-holders.

Supposedly, we have politicians to solve problems. Unfortunately, a lot of them are more interested in playing controversy games than solving problems.

Euhm, but seriously, with all the well-educated nerds here, we have noone who is in organizational management who can give a hint of how you change the culture within an organization like WMATA? It seems this is a textbook example of a rotten culture. But you can't solve it by firing everyone. So how do you solve it?

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