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The FAA’s Hiring Scandal

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739 points firebaze | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.312s | source
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legitster ◴[05 Feb 25 15:05 UTC] No.42949439[source]▶
This is a fascinating read, but the thing that bugs me about this whole affair is that when this came to light many years ago it was treated as a cheating and recruitment scandal. But only recently has it been reframed as a DEI issue.

Taking old, resolved scandals - slapping a coat of culture war paint on it - and then selling it as a new scandal is already a popular MO for state-sponsored propoganda, so we should be extra wary of stories like this being massaged.

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andsoitis ◴[05 Feb 25 15:33 UTC] No.42949935[source]▶
> then selling it as a new scandal is already a popular MO for state-sponsored propoganda,

I don't know that it is limited to, or even most prevalent, in state-sponsored propaganda. Private individuals, media, etc. do this too without any state sponsorship.

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legitster ◴[05 Feb 25 15:43 UTC] No.42950112[source]▶
Sure, I wasn't even insinuating that this was state-sponsored, just highlighting that it's known to be a super effective way to manipulate stories.
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1. andsoitis ◴[06 Feb 25 03:36 UTC] No.42958748[source]▶
> I wasn't even insinuating that this was state-sponsored, just highlighting that it's known to be a super effective way to manipulate stories

And yet, although this is a fact, the choice and the phrasing paints a particular story.