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They have no bylines and cite no sources. It's the combination of the two that bothers me. Still I generally find it an entertaining read.
by magpi3 10y ago
They have no bylines and cite no sources. It's the combination of the two that bothers me. Still I generally find it an entertaining read.
- closeparen 10y agoThey cite institutional sources on facts all the time. The rest is analysis, for which they are the source.
- kelukelugames 10y agoIt's a downside for me too. I've caught errors and had no one to report them to.
- saryant 10y agoThey run a letters to the editor section every week.
- dredmorbius 10y agoThere's generally one piece per issue on some recent element of economic scholarship. This generally does mention the article in question. Contrast with, say, The New York Times, which to the best of my knowledge entirely fails in this regard, even when specifically discussing scientific or medical research "a study", and author(s) names are about as much as you can hope for), and I'll nod slightly to The Economist. I ran across a Los Angeles Times piece a few months back which rather pointedly did reference several sources, with hyperlinks. A practice I applaud highly.