Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-square318fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down115
arrow-up1627arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square318fedilink
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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.
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.