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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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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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The hypocrisy and entitlement is infuriating.

The internet has destroyed journalism’s business model. A respected profession has been pauperized. Salaries in freefall, hardly any job security left.

And people who pay nothing (let’s be real, OP is paying nothing) add insult to injury by demanding a higher quality product.

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mogranja@lemmy.world
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And when we do pay for it (magazines, physical newspapers) it’s over half ads.

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