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		magashna on Aug 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mortgage Market Reopens to Risky Borrowers >So why should media companies hire and publish quant journalists? There's no good reason. So that you can take them seriously. Then again, modern journalism is such a joke I don't know if this is a worthy endeavor

kube-system on Aug 21, 2019 [–]

Do they need you to take them seriously in order to support their revenue stream?

marcosdumay on Aug 22, 2019 | [–]

Advertisers used to have to take them seriously. But thanks to the new revolution of commoditized ads, they don't anymore.

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