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Journalists used to say they they would need two independent sources that corroborated each other before they went with a story of note. These days, two anonym
by mc32 5y ago
Journalists used to say they they would need two independent sources that corroborated each other before they went with a story of note.
These days, two anonymous tweets "are corroborating sources" for them. It's such a joke of a profession, with a few exceptions where there is in-depth vetted reporting, but those are anomalous these days and not representative of the profession, to the detriment of society.