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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 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?

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

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Yes. An unpaid one.
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  […] An unpaid one.
  
  Is that consequential?
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    It is… if you don’t have the time or energy to do all that fact-checking because you have to work yourself to the bone just to afford rent.
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      I just don’t follow what your point is. Could you elaborate?
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  Sounds like an intern ;)

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