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When I was fired after ten years as a science reporter for the New York Times, the editor told me I'd never get a job with a decent paper again. He was right, at first: no one wanted to hire a reporter who had taken bribes to write a series of articles about a non-existent technology in order to inflate the value of a company being used in a stock swindle, even if I had managed to get off without serving time.

Yes, I took the money. Yes, it was a stupid thing to do, and if I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't have. I had my reasons at the time; what they were don't matter. All that matters is that no newspaper or TV channel in the country would touch me after that. I tried freelancing for a couple of webzines, but it didn't pay the bills.

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"no one wanted to hire a reporter who had taken bribes to write a series of articles about a non-existent technology in order to inflate the value of a company being used in a stock swindle, even if I had managed to get off without serving time."

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I had my reasons at the time; what they were don't matter.

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I'm not sure whether you intentionally used "don't" instead of "doesn't", but even if so, I would think that a scientist and journalist would use correct grammar.

I also agree that that one sentence Pyre mentioned seems a little long and cram-packed with information, making it a bit difficult to digest. But it's not a big problem.

Other than that, no complaints. Drew me in, sounds like the start to an interesting story. Smacks a little bit of Crichton at the moment

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