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Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year 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?

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    ITT: the justification for civics education.

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      Could you elaborate?

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        Enough with the spammy questions. I’m not going to convince you and vice versa, and nobody is reading because the conversation has moved on. Good night.

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          Enough with the spammy questions. […]

          Spamming wasn’t my intention. All of my comments have been made in good faith. At any rate, questions seeking clarification or elaboration wouldn’t be necessary if you weren’t engaging in conjecture — which is rather ironic given the topic of this post.

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          […] I’m not going to convince you and vice versa […]

          First, I try to stay open to other people’s opinions. Second, I simply wasn’t sure what your comment was referring to — I was hoping that you could clarify what you meant.

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          […] nobody is reading because the conversation has moved on […]

          Well, given the current votes on your comment [1], I’d argue on the contrary.

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          1. Author: @JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world [To: “If I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn’t that make me the journalist?”. Author: “Kalcifer” @Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works. “Showerthoughts” !showerthoughts@lemmy.world. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2024-12-10T07:34:34Z. https://sh.itjust.works/post/29275760.]. Published: 2024-12-12T00:07:44Z. Accessed: 2024-12-12T07:09Z. https://lemmy.world/comment/13923341.

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