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We live in a strange world if reputation now means nothing. The whole point of judging by the source's reputation is that the content itself simply can't carry

• chmod775 7y ago
  After years of sinking quality, newspapers downsizing, and what passes for "modern" journalism, there are few reputable sources left. We have to make do with what we've got, which is easy access to original sources and independently verifiable information thanks to the internet and electronics. Newspapers nowadays are great pointers for topics to look into independently, but one piece of bad information is damaging enough to offset a hundred accurate facts. So considering the quality of modern journalism, it's better to just focus on the source material and ignore what the middle man has to say. There is still people I trust to provide accurate information, because I trust in both their integrity and expertise in their fields, but there is certainly no news organization that I trust to that degree as a whole.
  • mehrdadn 7y ago
    > it's better to just focus on the source material and ignore what the middle man has to say. When you can go to the primary source, by all means, be my guest and go for it. Nobody's arguing against that. The trouble is you're not going to get very far with this approach unless you somehow have independent access to all the primary sources and also the time and resources to sift through them. If you do -- fantastic. If you're like the vast majority of people, though, this is frequently not the case for you. And whenever it's not, ignoring every middleman altogether is the equivalent of putting your head in the sand and declaring everyone is wrong.