i've been sitting here silently, trying to describe the feeling of reading a journalist whose beat is "people and power" and "accountability" saying something like this. so far I've come up with "your car mechanic telling you to fill up your gas tank with antifreeze"
Reposted from Eric Lipton NYT
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.

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