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>Wrote an article? This is not required. Required? Perhaps no, but it's common, especially in serious journalism. The reason to do so is similar to the other r
by ggggtez 7y ago
>Wrote an article? This is not required.
Required? Perhaps no, but it's common, especially in serious journalism. The reason to do so is similar to the other reasons. Imagine an article talking about an Oil company that is donating money to a charity. If an article is written by a professional journalist with a history of accurate reporting, you are likely to trust it more than if you found out the author was a PR rep for ExxonMobil.
See: recent case of facebook trying to slip in PR garbage as real journalism (including FB CEO calling it "a great piece" without mentioning it was paid for by them) https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/1/9/21056988/facebook-teen-vogue-ad-debacle https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/1/9/21056988/faceboo...