Kalcifer to Showerthoughts • 3 months agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-square237fedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down115
arrow-up1630arrow-down1message-squareIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?Kalcifer to Showerthoughts • 3 months agomessage-square237fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months 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•3 months agoThis is a cynical take that would be disputed by the people you are denigrating.
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.
Some definitely do that
This is a cynical take that would be disputed by the people you are denigrating.