Parker Molloy of The Present Age writes about how Wired magazine’s coverage of federal government cost cutting is leading other media.
Molloy writes, “While mainstream outlets coverage of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been hit and miss, WIRED has consistently broken major stories revealing the true scope of what’s happening. Their detailed reporting on how Musk’s allies infiltrated the General Services Administration showed how his team is attempting to gain unprecedented access to federal systems. They exposed the ‘deferred resignation’ scheme targeting federal workers, connecting it directly to similar tactics Musk used at Twitter. And they’ve consistently tracked which Musk loyalists are being installed in which agencies.
“This is what adversarial journalism looks like. Instead of just transcribing what powerful people say, WIRED‘s reporters dig into what they’re actually doing. They’ve tracked down documents, spoken with sources inside agencies, and pieced together how Musk’s takeover is actually working in practice.”
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