Re:Why media layoffs keep happening
by darkpuma on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:15PM
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The issue of contention was whether or not understaffing of fact checking departments is the cause of diminished trust in the news industry. I think I've refuted that hypothesis; we've got a newspaper famed for their fact checking department that has taken a hit to their credibility more severe than most other publications.
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> The issue of contention was whether or not understaffing of fact checking departments is the cause of diminished trust in the news industry.
Sure, but people distrust things for irrational reasons all the time.