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-square224fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down115
arrow-up1627arrow-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-square224fedilink
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 […] 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.
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days ago […] no one is paying you […] Is that necessary…?
minus-squareRandomgal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 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
No. Because a) you don’t have to and b) no one is paying you
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.
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