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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 days 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 · 28 days ago

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[…] no one is paying you […]

Is that necessary…?
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  Yes. Journalist is a job. If you aren’t getting paid you aren’t one. You aren’t a chef for cooking at home for yourself lmao

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