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If I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?
(self.showerthoughts)
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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.