[quazar]

Do these people have really have nothing better to do than doing "high-tech investigations" of such matters?

[frank_nitti]

I would say that “such matters” are of much higher value to humankind than toiling on APIs and widgets in pursuit of profit for shareholders. Truly, immeasurably more valuable than the bullshit most of us work on. This would be like comparing the work of Upton Sinclair to that of Larry Ellison; but perhaps I’ve missed your point.

[torsday]

...you mean investigative journalism? Of such matters as the deaths of hundreds of people? Possibly at the fault of government officials?