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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by Akronymus on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:39AM (#24269897)
> Read the paper? You're lucky if they read the article

I WANT to read the paper. Most of the time the article gives no link to it though.

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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by jpindar on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:08AM (#24271474)
Same with articles about legislation. They rarely give the actual name or number of a bill or law.
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Re:Please read the paper before you comment by ThinkingGuy on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:18AM (#24272218)
Clay Johnson, author of "The Information Diet," wrote about this 10 years ago:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120205012403/http://www.inform...

It really made me much more conscious about seeking out and reading original sources, rather than relying on interpretations and summaries from journalists, bloggers, etc.

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