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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

If I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?

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If I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

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Yeah, but that doesn’t make them wrong and the NYT
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  This person thinks that Ukraine invaded Russia, FYI.
  
  […] that doesn’t make them wrong […]
  
  Nice catch of their strawman 😉

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