Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-squaremessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down113
arrow-up1594arrow-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 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squareTranquilTurbulencelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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-up2·19 hours 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.
This is a cynical take that would be disputed by the people you are denigrating.
Some definitely do that