Jordan

You need to look into this bank. You need to look into, you know, it was just dumping stuff on my lap. And, you know, I had some investigative reporting experience, but I had never really. I never really looked into anything that involved privatization schemes, Wall Street banks involved, multiple levels of government from the federal government to the state level, to the city, to the county.

You need to look into this bank. You need to look into, you know, it was just dumping stuff on my lap. And, you know, I had some investigative reporting experience, but I had never really. I never really looked into anything that involved privatization schemes, Wall Street banks involved, multiple levels of government from the federal government to the state level, to the city, to the county.

So that's when it kind of hit me like, whoa, this is not what Rachel Maddow reported. This is not what... The media was reporting, which is just like, oh, you know, the government to, quote, save money just chose not to add the right chemicals. This was much, much deeper than that. More systematic years in the making. It's not something that just happened with a decision to switch to a river.

So that's when it kind of hit me like, whoa, this is not what Rachel Maddow reported. This is not what... The media was reporting, which is just like, oh, you know, the government to, quote, save money just chose not to add the right chemicals. This was much, much deeper than that. More systematic years in the making. It's not something that just happened with a decision to switch to a river.

So that's when it kind of hit me like, whoa, this is not what Rachel Maddow reported. This is not what... The media was reporting, which is just like, oh, you know, the government to, quote, save money just chose not to add the right chemicals. This was much, much deeper than that. More systematic years in the making. It's not something that just happened with a decision to switch to a river.

But and that's when I kind of realized, like, wow, this is not something that I could just, you know, in YouTube videos.

But and that's when I kind of realized, like, wow, this is not something that I could just, you know, in YouTube videos.

But and that's when I kind of realized, like, wow, this is not something that I could just, you know, in YouTube videos.

journalism you kind of go places and you try to get bang for your buck right away you know do a live stream that goes viral or do an interview that goes viral or but with this I realized like this is this is going to take dedication I'm going to have to go back many times I'm going to have to try and get documents and dig through it on my own time I'm going to have to try and

journalism you kind of go places and you try to get bang for your buck right away you know do a live stream that goes viral or do an interview that goes viral or but with this I realized like this is this is going to take dedication I'm going to have to go back many times I'm going to have to try and get documents and dig through it on my own time I'm going to have to try and

journalism you kind of go places and you try to get bang for your buck right away you know do a live stream that goes viral or do an interview that goes viral or but with this I realized like this is this is going to take dedication I'm going to have to go back many times I'm going to have to try and get documents and dig through it on my own time I'm going to have to try and

Connect dots, meaning talk to one resident and get them to connect me to another one who maybe could connect me to a politician who maybe could connect me to a source, you know, that won't want to go on the record. So for me, it was just like all the residents. You know, I think in journalism too often reporters first, they don't go to residents or community members.

Connect dots, meaning talk to one resident and get them to connect me to another one who maybe could connect me to a politician who maybe could connect me to a source, you know, that won't want to go on the record. So for me, it was just like all the residents. You know, I think in journalism too often reporters first, they don't go to residents or community members.

Connect dots, meaning talk to one resident and get them to connect me to another one who maybe could connect me to a politician who maybe could connect me to a source, you know, that won't want to go on the record. So for me, it was just like all the residents. You know, I think in journalism too often reporters first, they don't go to residents or community members.

They go to politicians or experts. And to me, it's the reverse. If you want to know where the bodies are buried, you go to the people who don't have a voice, which is the community. Sure, there's some people that, you know, everyone has a motive or a motivation and you got to vet things. But that's what it hit me like, wow, I have...

They go to politicians or experts. And to me, it's the reverse. If you want to know where the bodies are buried, you go to the people who don't have a voice, which is the community. Sure, there's some people that, you know, everyone has a motive or a motivation and you got to vet things. But that's what it hit me like, wow, I have...

They go to politicians or experts. And to me, it's the reverse. If you want to know where the bodies are buried, you go to the people who don't have a voice, which is the community. Sure, there's some people that, you know, everyone has a motive or a motivation and you got to vet things. But that's what it hit me like, wow, I have...

all these residents all pointing me to ABC and D and I have heard nothing about any of these entities in the media. And that's why it took, you know, 21 reporting trips and counting and a lot of driving back and forth to Michigan. Um, because if you want to, if you want to truly break all the tentacles of a corrupt onion, you can't just parachute in and out. You can't just cover it here and there.

all these residents all pointing me to ABC and D and I have heard nothing about any of these entities in the media. And that's why it took, you know, 21 reporting trips and counting and a lot of driving back and forth to Michigan. Um, because if you want to, if you want to truly break all the tentacles of a corrupt onion, you can't just parachute in and out. You can't just cover it here and there.

all these residents all pointing me to ABC and D and I have heard nothing about any of these entities in the media. And that's why it took, you know, 21 reporting trips and counting and a lot of driving back and forth to Michigan. Um, because if you want to, if you want to truly break all the tentacles of a corrupt onion, you can't just parachute in and out. You can't just cover it here and there.