Intimidation.

The calculus still fails for me. If this was a podunk Youtuber, sure, intimidate away. The Atlantic has been in the press business for a long time, and is not going to publish a piece against a vindictive administration without being confident in the reporting. They are prepared to defend themselves against a baseless suit.

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tekla 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well the Government has effectively infinite resources, versus some media outlet.

You also forget that the point is to signal to the base/allies that you are fighting. The fact that the lawsuit didn't immediately get tossed out is a signal that your claims might have merit (even though thats not really how it works)

	▲	throw0101a an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Well the Government has effectively infinite resources, versus some media outlet. The Atlantic is (co-?)owned by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Collective * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic#Ownership_and_edi... I would guess they have some resources too. > The fact that the lawsuit didn't immediately get tossed out is a signal that your claims might have merit (even though thats not really how it works) The Atlantic may have not filed a motion to dismiss so they could go to discovery to dig up more info on how the FBI is being run.

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gowld 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Kayfabe for the base and the ignorant middle.