> just writers who rewrite press releases and call themselves journalists. I tried "just reading the wire" for a few weeks before I gave up and went back to no

> just writers who rewrite press releases and call themselves journalists. I tried "just reading the wire" for a few weeks before I gave up and went back to normal articles; journalists (imo) are supposed to provide the context for those 2-3 sentence long releases if a wire comes down the line about an African king losing succession, i think a journalist is supposed to provide the meaning behind this (was it a coup? were they a popular monarch? what do people on the ground think?) the first two can be filled in with some research, but that third requires (expensive) boots on the ground...