Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-square300fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down114
arrow-up1623arrow-down1message-squareIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square300fedilink
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days 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-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days 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.