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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by macinjosh on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:33PM (#24933777)
> all that matters is that the story runs, not whether it's shown to be false months after the election is over

This mentality is authoritarian, anti-democratic, and anti-free speech. It implies that YOU, the editor, or whoever gets to decide for the rest of us what is worth knowing about or not. This is why non-partisan mainstream news is failing. The Internet has shown people the stories (true or not) that were being left out. I want raw information from the news not a carefully selected set of stories that follow a neat narrative.

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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by confidantlake on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:50PM (#24938262)
Investigating whether a story is true or not is a fundamental part of journalism. Not publishing stories about Bat Boy found with Elvis in Atlantas is a good thing.
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