If you reward something…

…you get more of it.

Case 1

New York Times reporters receive Pulitzer Prize for breaking story on NSA wiretapping.

New York Times breaks story on government program to track global financial transfers.

Case 2

Economists note bi-directional causality between news reports of terrorism and acts of terrorism.

Case 3

FBI arrests 7 in Miami who were allegedly plotting to engage in acts of terrorism in the United States.

In this last case it’s apparent that folks working for the FBI now see identifying and apprehending terrorists as the basis for a career. Beats the way things were in 2001.

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