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In political stories it constantly happens that someone is quoted as a man on the street, but then you look them up and they're actually the head of the state party or some such thing. It's surprising that the writer would lie about their credential but still leave their real names in.

> writing trend pieces based on the fact that two or three people the reporter knows are doing some thing.

This is standard journalistic practice - one person is happenstance, two people is coincidence, three people is a trend.

Relevant: https://www.robrhinehart.com/the-new-york-times/