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Kalcifer to Showerthoughts • 3 months 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?

Kalcifer to Showerthoughts • 3 months ago
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    You’re doing exactly what you criticize others for doing.

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      -1•3 months ago

      How so?

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