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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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It's a balance to hit in article sharing communities too.
Too much leniency, and you just end up with people posting DMG articles, and tiny un-sourced blogs with snazzy titles.
Too tough, and you end up spending your entire life justifying why various borderline sources are not suitable.
DMG articles?
I'm guessing Dungeon Master's Guide
Yep. Damn Wizards infiltrated the UK commercial media a decade ago, and they never left.
Imo, in a perfect world, if everyone cited their sources, there would be a perfect chain of sources that leads directly to the original. If one collectively cited source was found to be inaccurate, then, logically, all connected references would be nullified.