Episode 462: Ben Smith
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Is Your Brain on a Roll?
I imagine at least that you must be also, just like the recipient for so much axe grinding, people must be coming to you with their vendettas. I find that kind of thing incredibly effective. It is a reporting trick somebody taught me a long time ago. And it's actually like, often you can have a better relationship with a source when you're obviously totally on the level and you're not trying to trick them into giving you something.
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