Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-squaremessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down114
arrow-up1569arrow-down1message-squareIf 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 · 17 days agomessage-square162fedilink
minus-squareRandomgal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·15 days agoNo. Because a) you don’t have to and b) no one is paying you
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days ago […] no one is paying you […] Is that necessary…?
minus-squareRandomgal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoYes. Journalist is a job. If you aren’t getting paid you aren’t one. You aren’t a chef for cooking at home for yourself lmao
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days ago […] you don’t have to […] By “have” I was referring to the fact that I wouldn’t be able to trust any claims made in the article if it doesn’t cite sources.
No. Because a) you don’t have to and b) no one is paying you
Is that necessary…?
Yes. Journalist is a job. If you aren’t getting paid you aren’t one. You aren’t a chef for cooking at home for yourself lmao
By “have” I was referring to the fact that I wouldn’t be able to trust any claims made in the article if it doesn’t cite sources.