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[–] midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I hate this is called journalism. The 'journalist' Steve Benen didn't do shit, Glenn Thrush did

A summary of a news article adds nothing and takes true credit away from actual news sources. Be better @MicroWave@lemmy.world

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

Nah, this article cites and discusses multiple different sources and has some original comments Benen obtained

Plus you've gotta admit NYT is entitled establishment trash that get news stories dumped in their laps and fuck them up anyway half the time

[–] midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 20 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

Links are not primary sources, there are no primary sources in this article, as opposed to Thrush's. Every link in there besides nyt goes to a msnow article that does the exact same thing as this article: just summarize somebody else's news gathering. If NYT is a hack, msnow is the hack's hack. I actually do agree with you that nyt is trash, but that's not the point, the point is that a lot of articles in this community are just copping stories from journalists that actually do the work. And every click on msnow is another death blow for some aspiring journalist that won't be able to find a job.