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by WarOnPrivacy 736 days ago
The publication seems to be Pink Slime.

It's a facade for a conservative think-tank, started by William Casey, CIA director under Ronald Reagan.

The name and format are designed to mimic local journalism.

John Marion Tierney is an American journalist and a contributing editor to City Journal, the Manhattan Institute's quarterly publication.

City Journal is a public policy magazine and website, published by the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tierney_(journalist)

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Journal
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Thoreandan 735 days ago
Related, found after I saw him opining on 'activists moving goalposts':

(2004) https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_problem_with_john_ti...

(2011) https://slate.com/human-interest/2011/02/what-the-new-york-t...

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WarOnPrivacy 736 days ago
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is an American conservative think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs. It was established in Manhattan in 1978 by Antony Fisher and William J. Casey.

William Joseph Casey was an American lawyer who was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Policy...

ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Casey

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