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Why The Daily Beast Matters Now More Than Ever

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Journalism today has to paint in bright colors, have a sense of wit, and give up any attachments to the powerful. It’s gonzo or go home.

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Maybe Putin’s spies were onto something.

In June 2015—nine months before targeting the Hillary Clinton campaign, and a full year before the world learned about their hacking of the DNC—Russia’s military intelligence division tried to hack the accounts of journalists, including a number of Daily Beast reporters and alumni.

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