i agree, i want the editorial to be given a backburner role in journalism stead its seat as the one true way<p>in addition to burying even just the ideas in a mass of words, i think it frustrating and detrimental to also bury sources beyond discovery.. why every online article fails to have a hyperlink biblio at the bottom baffles me<p>your criticism reminded me of another cia classic: the simple sabotage field manual(o); succinctly summarised here(i):<p><pre><code>    &gt; Insist on doing everything through &quot;channels.
       &quot;Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order
       to expedite decisions.
    &gt; When possible, refer all matters to committees for
       &quot;further study and consideration.&quot; Attempt to make
       the committees as large as possible -- never less 
       than five.
    &gt; Haggle over precise wordings of communications,
       minutes, resolutions.
    &gt; Advocate &quot;caution.&quot;&quot;Be &quot;reasonable&quot; and urge your 
       fellow-conferees to be &quot;reasonable&quot; and avoid haste
       which might result in embarrassments or difficulties 
       later on.
    &gt; &quot;Misunderstand&quot; orders. Ask endless questions or 
       engage in long correspondence about such orders. 
       Quibble over them when you can.&quot;
    &gt; Don&#x27;t order new working materials until your current 
       stocks have been virtually exhausted so that the 
       slightest delay in filling your order will mean a 
       shutdown.
    &gt; Insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant 
       products, send back for refinishing those which have 
       the least flaw. Approve other defective parts whose 
       flaws are not visible to the naked eye.
    &gt; When training new workers, give incomplete or 
       misleading instructions.
    &gt; Multiply paperwork in plausible ways. Start duplicate
       files.
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