How are documentaries about drugs where they interview drug dealers who wear masks to hide their identity made? How The National Geo or Vice, for example, get in contact with those people and why they agree to get on the camera and risk getting caught?
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They put some measure of trust in journalistic integrity — that is, journalists guarding their sources. To be able to get first-hand knowledge and the real scoop is immense for a journalist, they would rather not compromise their chance at getting an exclusive story to turn someone in. That and if they mysteriously were found by police shortly after an interview, if they have connections it’s possible the journalist may be put in danger since it seems they ratted.
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