Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-squaremessage-square224fedilinkarrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square224fedilink
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days 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-up2·16 days 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.
Some definitely do that
This is a cynical take that would be disputed by the people you are denigrating.