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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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They are the citation. They are the one reporting it as fact. I'm not saying to believe everything you read but they are the ones putting their reputation on the line. Opinion commentators can say whatever they want because it's their opinion. Big difference.
I agree that it would make it statistically likely that their claims are accurate, but their reputation isn't proof of their claim's veracity ^[1]^.
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