Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-squaremessage-square224fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down114
arrow-up1625arrow-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 · 13 days agomessage-square224fedilink
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days 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.