I don’t find your examples particularly relevant and convincing, but that’s off-topic. You’re totally right that communicating with involved parties is normal and does not ‘exhibit blatant corruption.’ To be fair, the original article doesn’t claim that it is. OP just wanted to rage bait everyone.
Lemmert@reddthat.com 8 hours ago
I was a bit surprised this was mentioned so far down in the comments. Especially since the article is sparse on the details for obvious reasons.