{"id":114337,"date":"2021-05-15T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T10:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=114337"},"modified":"2021-05-15T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T10:53:48","slug":"secret-sharers-the-hidden-ties-between-private-spies-and-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/secret-sharers-the-hidden-ties-between-private-spies-and-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Sharers: The Hidden Ties Between Private Spies and Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A booming, renegade private intelligence industry is increasingly shaping (and misshaping) the news.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><span><span>Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span>Lincoln Agnew<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Supported by<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/02\/20\/multimedia\/author-barry-meier\/author-barry-meier-thumbLarge.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span>By <\/span><span>Barry Meier<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some journalists are happy to knock on the doors of strangers. I was never one of them, but Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy behind the infamous Trump dossier, left me no choice.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/15\/business\/media\/spooked-private-spies-news-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A booming, renegade private intelligence industry is increasingly shaping (and misshaping) the news. 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