{"data":{"id":14907,"title":"Plain Truth: Galactic Aid","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14907-Plain-Truth-Galactic-Aid","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14907","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14907","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":1547,"name":"PlainTruthFI1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/e0op6vokxdi6sr\/source\/PlainTruthFI1.jpg","alt":"","size":950082,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-04-01T19:31:34+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"Some say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Well, we live in a time where people want to convince you that truth works the same way. I\u2019m here to push back at the subjective Spectrum. To shine a light and dispel the fog of lies. My name is Parker Terrell and I\u2019m looking for the truth, the whole truth and, most importantly, the Plain Truth.\n\nThere are those that say adulthood hits when you realize your parents are liars. For me, it was when I realized that the institutions I believed to be good and righteous were fallible and even corrupt. It was a powerful moment, but the true test of character comes after.\n\nWill you accept it? Put your head down and continue on, or will you try to change it?\n\nOn today\u2019s show, I\u2019m proud to be joined by someone who elected the latter option. Someone who has had the curtain pulled back and chosen to do something about it.\n\nJanis Takats is a former journalist for the Terra Gazette, a NewsOrg that has always claimed to elevate the pursuit of truth above all else. Well, it seems that pursuit has its limits. Today Janis is bringing us an exclusive story that even the Terra Gazette was too terrified to run. Welcome, Janis, so glad you decided to do this.\n\nJanis Takats: It just didn\u2019t feel right to keep something like this quiet.\n\nLet me give the audience a little context. Now, I\u2019ve known you since my early days, back when I was slugging at New United \u2014\n\nJanis Takats: The Cueto Scandal, I believe.\n\nThat\u2019s right. But you\u2019ve been an investigative journalist at the Terra Gazette for going on fifty years, right?\n\nJanis Takats: Way to make me feel old, Parker.\n\nExtremely experienced was the implication. More specifically, you\u2019re not the type to chase a crackpot story like a lot of the rookies out there trying to make a name for themselves.\n\nJanis Takats: As I\u2019m sure you remember, a journalist gets dozens of tips for potential stories every day. These tipsters range from trusted sources to random anonymous people. Experience teaches you how to sniff out the crazy.\n\nSo why don\u2019t you tell us your story.\n\nJanis Takats: As I\u2019m sure most of you know, the Galactic Aid Organization is known for supplying needy Citizens and civilians with donated cybernetic and artificial organs. It\u2019s a well-respected charity that by many accounts does amazing work, so, when I received a tip that the GAO wasn\u2019t on the up-and-up, I was skeptical.\n\nSo what happened once you dug deeper?\n\nJanis Takats: I started with a paper trail provided by my source that showed a percentage of valuable and functional devices were being classified as \u201cbeyond repair.\u201d On paper, those devices were incinerated, but in reality, they were sent to a scrapyard for repair and new serial codes before winding up on the black market.\n\nHow can you be sure that the GAO was aware of what this scrapyard was doing? Is it possible that they believed these items were indeed going to be incinerated?\n\nJanis Takats: I obtained decrypted comm-exchanges between several mid-level GAO executives in which they determined that these devices were too valuable to give away, and began directing them to this specific recycling center. They were careful, too. The proceeds were not enough to raise any flags during an audit, but enough for it to be extremely profitable.\n\nJust so the audience knows, you spent nearly nine months investigating this story. Making sure that your source\u2019s information checked out. So it wasn\u2019t like you were simply jumping to conclusions. What happened when you filed the piece with the Terra Gazette?\n\nJanis Takats: They claimed that the story bordered on being libelous and \u201cput the NewsOrg in a precarious legal position,\u201d and that they would require assurances before running it. They wanted my source to go on the record, which wasn\u2019t an option out of fear of reprisals. Then the GAO lawyers claimed the leaked documents were forgeries and threatened to sue if they were published.\n\nSo my editors killed the story. Weren\u2019t even interested in reshaping it into something that worked. I kept pushing them to do something until, finally, I was put on \u201cindefinite leave.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s when I contacted other news sources to see if they wanted it, but no one would touch it. Finally, an old friend told me about rumors being circulated that I had gone off the deep end. That I had a personal vendetta or something against the Galactic Aid Organization because of my spouse dying years ago from cybernetic failure, and this story was a desperate attempt to bury them. That\u2019s just not true. This whole thing has been about trying to let the public know the truth.\n\nThat\u2019s why I had to bring you on. A story as important as this doesn\u2019t deserve to be buried. Just because the GAO does good doesn\u2019t mean that it is good.\n\nJanis Takats: Couldn\u2019t have said it better myself.\n\nI really appreciate you coming forward. It\u2019s only through dedicated and fearless champions of truth, like you, that we can get people to focus on making our institutions benefit all of us \u2014 not just the rich and powerful.\n\nWe need to take a quick break and you need to rethink where to donate any of your artificial organs. When we get back I\u2019ll be talking to an activist who\u2019s tracking military spending in New Corvo. He\u2019ll be giving us a breakdown of how your money is being wasted. That, and more, when Plain Truth returns.\n\nTRANSCRIPT BREAK","de_DE":"Einige sagen, dass Sch\u00f6nheit im Auge des Betrachters liegt. Nun, wir leben in einer Zeit, in der die Menschen dich davon \u00fcberzeugen wollen, dass Wahrheit genauso funktioniert. Ich bin hier, um auf das subjektive Spektrum zur\u00fcckzukommen. Um ein Licht zu erhellen und den Nebel der L\u00fcgen zu vertreiben. Mein Name ist Parker Terrell und ich suche nach der Wahrheit, der ganzen Wahrheit und, was am wichtigsten ist, der reinen Wahrheit.\n\nEs gibt diejenigen, die sagen, dass das Erwachsenenalter schl\u00e4gt, wenn man merkt, dass seine Eltern L\u00fcgner sind. F\u00fcr mich war es, als ich erkannte, dass die Institutionen, die ich f\u00fcr gut und rechtschaffen hielt, fehlbar und sogar korrupt waren. Es war ein kraftvoller Moment, aber der wahre Test des Charakters kommt danach.\n\nWirst du es akzeptieren? Leg den Kopf hin und mach weiter, oder wirst du versuchen, ihn zu \u00e4ndern?\n\nAuf der heutigen Show bin ich stolz darauf, dass sich mir jemand anschlie\u00dft, der die letztgenannte Option gew\u00e4hlt hat. Jemand, der den Vorhang zur\u00fcckgezogen hat und sich entschieden hat, etwas dagegen zu unternehmen.\n\nJanis Takats ist ein ehemaliger Journalist der Terra Gazette, einer NewsOrg, die immer behauptet hat, das Streben nach Wahrheit \u00fcber alles andere zu stellen. Nun, es scheint, dass die Verfolgung ihre Grenzen hat. Heute bringt Janis uns eine exklusive Geschichte, dass sogar die Terra Gazette zu viel Angst hatte, um zu laufen. Willkommen, Janis, so froh, dass du dich entschieden hast, das zu tun.\n\nJanis Takats: Es f\u00fchlte sich einfach nicht richtig an, so etwas geheim zu halten.\n\nLassen Sie mich dem Publikum einen kleinen Kontext geben. Ich kenne dich seit meiner Kindheit, als ich noch bei New United war -\n\nJanis Takats: Der Cueto-Skandal, glaube ich.\n\nDas ist richtig. Aber du warst ein investigativer Journalist bei der Terra Gazette, seit f\u00fcnfzig Jahren, richtig?\n\nJanis Takats: So f\u00fchle ich mich alt, Parker.\n\nExtrem erfahren war die Implikation. Genauer gesagt, bist du nicht der Typ, der einer verr\u00fcckten Geschichte nachjagt, wie viele der Neulinge da drau\u00dfen, die versuchen, sich einen Namen zu machen.\n\nJanis Takats: Wie Sie sich sicher erinnern, erh\u00e4lt ein Journalist jeden Tag Dutzende von Tipps f\u00fcr m\u00f6gliche Geschichten. Diese Tipster reichen von vertrauensw\u00fcrdigen Quellen bis hin zu zuf\u00e4lligen anonymen Personen. Die Erfahrung lehrt dich, wie man das Verr\u00fcckte ausspioniert.\n\nAlso warum erz\u00e4hlst du uns nicht deine Geschichte.\n\nJanis Takats: Wie die meisten von Ihnen sicher wissen, ist die Galaktische Hilfsorganisation daf\u00fcr bekannt, bed\u00fcrftige B\u00fcrger und Zivilisten mit gespendeten kybernetischen und k\u00fcnstlichen Organen zu versorgen. Es ist eine gut angesehene Wohlt\u00e4tigkeitsorganisation, die nach vielen Berichten erstaunliche Arbeit leistet, also war ich skeptisch, als ich einen Tipp erhielt, dass der GAO nicht auf dem Hoch und Tief stand.\n\nAlso, was ist passiert, nachdem du tiefer gegraben hast?\n\nJanis Takats: Ich begann mit einer von meiner Quelle zur Verf\u00fcgung gestellten Papierspur, die zeigte, dass ein Prozentsatz der wertvollen und funktionsf\u00e4higen Ger\u00e4te als \"irreparabel\" eingestuft wurden. Auf dem Papier wurden diese Ger\u00e4te verbrannt, aber in Wirklichkeit wurden sie zur Reparatur und zu neuen Seriennummern auf einen Schrottplatz geschickt, bevor sie auf den Schwarzmarkt kamen.\n\nWie k\u00f6nnen Sie sicher sein, dass der GAO sich bewusst war, was dieser Schrottplatz tat? Ist es m\u00f6glich, dass sie glaubten, dass diese Gegenst\u00e4nde tats\u00e4chlich verbrannt werden w\u00fcrden?\n\nJanis Takats: Ich erhielt entschl\u00fcsselte Kommunikationsaustausche zwischen mehreren mittleren GAO-F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4ften, in denen sie feststellten, dass diese Ger\u00e4te zu wertvoll waren, um sie zu verschenken, und begann, sie an dieses spezielle Recyclingzentrum zu verweisen. Sie waren auch vorsichtig. Der Erl\u00f6s reichte nicht aus, um w\u00e4hrend eines Audits Flaggen zu hissen, sondern war so gro\u00df, dass er \u00e4u\u00dferst profitabel war.\n\nNur damit das Publikum es wei\u00df, du hast fast neun Monate damit verbracht, diese Geschichte zu untersuchen. Stellen Sie sicher, dass die Informationen Ihrer Quelle ausgecheckt sind. Es war also nicht so, als w\u00fcrdest du einfach voreilige Schl\u00fcsse ziehen. Was ist passiert, als Sie das St\u00fcck bei der Terra Gazette eingereicht haben?\n\nJanis Takats: Sie behaupteten, dass die Geschichte an Verleumdung grenze und \"die NewsOrg in eine prek\u00e4re Rechtslage bringen\" w\u00fcrde und dass sie vor der Durchf\u00fchrung Zusicherungen ben\u00f6tigen w\u00fcrden. Sie wollten, dass meine Quelle zu Protokoll geht, was aus Angst vor Repressalien nicht m\u00f6glich war. Dann behaupteten die GAO-Anw\u00e4lte, dass die durchgesickerten Dokumente F\u00e4lschungen waren und drohten, zu klagen, wenn sie ver\u00f6ffentlicht w\u00fcrden.\n\nAlso haben meine Redakteure die Geschichte beendet. Wir waren nicht einmal daran interessiert, es in etwas umzuformen, das funktioniert hat. Ich dr\u00e4ngte sie immer wieder, etwas zu tun, bis ich schlie\u00dflich in \"unbefristeten Urlaub\" versetzt wurde.\n\nDas ist, als ich andere Nachrichtenquellen kontaktierte, um zu sehen, ob sie es wollten, aber niemand w\u00fcrde es ber\u00fchren. Schlie\u00dflich erz\u00e4hlte mir ein alter Freund von Ger\u00fcchten, die verbreitet wurden, dass ich aus dem Tiefpunkt gekommen sei. Dass ich eine pers\u00f6nliche Vendetta oder etwas gegen die Galaktische Hilfsorganisation hatte, weil mein Ehepartner vor Jahren an kybernetischem Versagen gestorben ist, und diese Geschichte war ein verzweifelter Versuch, sie zu begraben. Das ist einfach nicht wahr. Bei dieser ganzen Sache ging es darum, die \u00d6ffentlichkeit \u00fcber die Wahrheit zu informieren.\n\nDeshalb musste ich dich anmachen. Eine so wichtige Geschichte wie diese verdient es nicht, begraben zu werden. Nur weil der GAO Gutes tut, bedeutet das nicht, dass er gut ist.\n\nJanis Takats: Ich h\u00e4tte es selbst nicht besser sagen k\u00f6nnen.\n\nIch wei\u00df es wirklich zu sch\u00e4tzen, dass Sie sich gemeldet haben. Nur durch engagierte und furchtlose Verfechter der Wahrheit, wie Sie, k\u00f6nnen wir die Menschen dazu bringen, sich darauf zu konzentrieren, dass unsere Institutionen uns allen zugute kommen - nicht nur den Reichen und M\u00e4chtigen.\n\nWir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Pause einlegen und du musst dar\u00fcber nachdenken, wo du eines deiner k\u00fcnstlichen Organe spenden kannst. Wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, werde ich mit einem Aktivisten sprechen, der die Milit\u00e4rausgaben in New Corvo verfolgt. Er wird uns einen \u00dcberblick dar\u00fcber geben, wie dein Geld verschwendet wird. Das und noch mehr, wenn die reine Wahrheit zur\u00fcckkehrt.\n\nTRANSKRIPTUMBRUCH","zh_CN":"Some say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Well, we live in a time where people want to convince you that truth works the same way. I\u2019m here to push back at the subjective Spectrum. To shine a light and dispel the fog of lies. My name is Parker Terrell and I\u2019m looking for the truth, the whole truth and, most importantly, the Plain Truth.\n\nThere are those that say adulthood hits when you realize your parents are liars. For me, it was when I realized that the institutions I believed to be good and righteous were fallible and even corrupt. It was a powerful moment, but the true test of character comes after.\n\nWill you accept it? Put your head down and continue on, or will you try to change it?\n\nOn today\u2019s show, I\u2019m proud to be joined by someone who elected the latter option. Someone who has had the curtain pulled back and chosen to do something about it.\n\nJanis Takats is a former journalist for the Terra Gazette, a NewsOrg that has always claimed to elevate the pursuit of truth above all else. Well, it seems that pursuit has its limits. Today Janis is bringing us an exclusive story that even the Terra Gazette was too terrified to run. Welcome, Janis, so glad you decided to do this.\n\nJanis Takats: It just didn\u2019t feel right to keep something like this quiet.\n\nLet me give the audience a little context. Now, I\u2019ve known you since my early days, back when I was slugging at New United \u2014\n\nJanis Takats: The Cueto Scandal, I believe.\n\nThat\u2019s right. But you\u2019ve been an investigative journalist at the Terra Gazette for going on fifty years, right?\n\nJanis Takats: Way to make me feel old, Parker.\n\nExtremely experienced was the implication. More specifically, you\u2019re not the type to chase a crackpot story like a lot of the rookies out there trying to make a name for themselves.\n\nJanis Takats: As I\u2019m sure you remember, a journalist gets dozens of tips for potential stories every day. These tipsters range from trusted sources to random anonymous people. Experience teaches you how to sniff out the crazy.\n\nSo why don\u2019t you tell us your story.\n\nJanis Takats: As I\u2019m sure most of you know, the Galactic Aid Organization is known for supplying needy Citizens and civilians with donated cybernetic and artificial organs. It\u2019s a well-respected charity that by many accounts does amazing work, so, when I received a tip that the GAO wasn\u2019t on the up-and-up, I was skeptical.\n\nSo what happened once you dug deeper?\n\nJanis Takats: I started with a paper trail provided by my source that showed a percentage of valuable and functional devices were being classified as \u201cbeyond repair.\u201d On paper, those devices were incinerated, but in reality, they were sent to a scrapyard for repair and new serial codes before winding up on the black market.\n\nHow can you be sure that the GAO was aware of what this scrapyard was doing? Is it possible that they believed these items were indeed going to be incinerated?\n\nJanis Takats: I obtained decrypted comm-exchanges between several mid-level GAO executives in which they determined that these devices were too valuable to give away, and began directing them to this specific recycling center. They were careful, too. The proceeds were not enough to raise any flags during an audit, but enough for it to be extremely profitable.\n\nJust so the audience knows, you spent nearly nine months investigating this story. Making sure that your source\u2019s information checked out. So it wasn\u2019t like you were simply jumping to conclusions. What happened when you filed the piece with the Terra Gazette?\n\nJanis Takats: They claimed that the story bordered on being libelous and \u201cput the NewsOrg in a precarious legal position,\u201d and that they would require assurances before running it. They wanted my source to go on the record, which wasn\u2019t an option out of fear of reprisals. Then the GAO lawyers claimed the leaked documents were forgeries and threatened to sue if they were published.\n\nSo my editors killed the story. Weren\u2019t even interested in reshaping it into something that worked. I kept pushing them to do something until, finally, I was put on \u201cindefinite leave.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s when I contacted other news sources to see if they wanted it, but no one would touch it. Finally, an old friend told me about rumors being circulated that I had gone off the deep end. That I had a personal vendetta or something against the Galactic Aid Organization because of my spouse dying years ago from cybernetic failure, and this story was a desperate attempt to bury them. That\u2019s just not true. This whole thing has been about trying to let the public know the truth.\n\nThat\u2019s why I had to bring you on. A story as important as this doesn\u2019t deserve to be buried. Just because the GAO does good doesn\u2019t mean that it is good.\n\nJanis Takats: Couldn\u2019t have said it better myself.\n\nI really appreciate you coming forward. It\u2019s only through dedicated and fearless champions of truth, like you, that we can get people to focus on making our institutions benefit all of us \u2014 not just the rich and powerful.\n\nWe need to take a quick break and you need to rethink where to donate any of your artificial organs. When we get back I\u2019ll be talking to an activist who\u2019s tracking military spending in New Corvo. He\u2019ll be giving us a breakdown of how your money is being wasted. That, and more, when Plain Truth returns.\n\nTRANSCRIPT BREAK"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":76,"created_at":"2015-08-19T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"10 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-10 13:18:49","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14906,"next_id":14908}}