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> journalistic malpractice of not linking That disease is very prevalent, and I don't understand why. My less-cynical guess is that the industry is stuck in t
by adrianmonk 6y ago
> journalistic malpractice of not linking
That disease is very prevalent, and I don't understand why.
My less-cynical guess is that the industry is stuck in the past, and journalists need better training and tools.
My more-cynical guess is that they are afraid of irrelevance, so they are defensively trying to keep you in their walled garden of information instead of encouraging you to get into the habit of getting info more directly.
- nomel 6y agoI've always assumed it's the fear of dead links hurting their SEO.
- tomjakubowski 6y agoOutbound links also remove the reader from the newspaper's ad revenue stream.