Kalcifer to Showerthoughts • 2 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-square180fedilinkarrow-up1609arrow-down114
arrow-up1595arrow-down1message-squareIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?Kalcifer to Showerthoughts • 2 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 days agoThat is a good recipe for sneaking lies into the newspaper. Journalists should just be doing their job.
minus-squareKalciferOPlinkfedilink1•22 hours agoAgreed. Imo, if the journalists simply cited their claims, then this question of whether its safe to appeal to authority wouldn’t need to be asked.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 day agoJournalists have one job: produce revenue one way or another. Informing the public of factual or fictional events is a byproduct of running this business.
minus-square@JubilantJaguarlink2•19 hours agoThis is a cynical take that would be disputed by the people you are denigrating.
That is a good recipe for sneaking lies into the newspaper. Journalists should just be doing their job.
Agreed. Imo, if the journalists simply cited their claims, then this question of whether its safe to appeal to authority wouldn’t need to be asked.
Journalists have one job: produce revenue one way or another. Informing the public of factual or fictional events is a byproduct of running this business.
This is a cynical take that would be disputed by the people you are denigrating.
Some definitely do that