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		onedognight on Jan 3, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carvana: A Father-Son Accounting Grift for the Age... The model of funding investigative reporting via shorting is an interesting “hack” when compared to the often conflicted ad based funding we have had historically.

Terr_ on Jan 3, 2025 [–]

I imagine a hokey used-car TV advertisement: "We make conflicts of interest work... FOR YOU!"

aoanevdus on Jan 3, 2025 | [–]

We prefer to think of them as synergies of interest!

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