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-square205fedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down114
arrow-up1590arrow-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-square205fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·2 days agoyeah sorta. journalism was supposed to be more about fact checking back in that day rather than first to post. The rumor mill filled that niche. Does seem like news nowadays is more like the rumor mill.
yeah sorta. journalism was supposed to be more about fact checking back in that day rather than first to post. The rumor mill filled that niche. Does seem like news nowadays is more like the rumor mill.