Those are some sizzling admissions, but I'd love to see those emails before I believe them fully. They sound plausible for sure, but plausible isn't proved.
Names and receipts Lynzee, you can still do a journalism if you really want to. Hell, the main players in the fucking industry pressuring you with suicide bait is a legit scoop if you really want to try riding it. Now that you've burnt the bridge, you know the Vic treatment is coming for you, you participated in it, so do the right thing and start exposing fools.
Maybe, given time and consistency in quality reporting (give me all the rainbows, I know it's a long shot) and an established, albeit now tarnished name, you can give it a go at making ANN not shit. It won't be overnight, y'all alienated a lot of people, but when you do right and continue to do right without interruption, maybe that trust can regrow. But you can't cruise on "industry insider" anymore, that last unrazed bastion of your clout castle that kept you going is crumbling before your eyes.
Also the "I trust my gut" is a funny thing to say given how ANN handled Vic.
Oh, and big fucking ups to
@BicketyBuckBumble for noticing the one proverbial out of place hair that seems to have caused a cascade implosion of the narrative.