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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by braincat31415 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @01:42PM (#42541911)
That's one possibility. The other possibility is that the journalist mentions anonymous sources because he/she does not have any and is simply making stuff up.
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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by andreasmetsala on Sunday December 29, 2024 @07:11PM (#42544900)
That’s why you verify the information from other sources.
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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by braincat31415 on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:45PM (#42545927)
Thank you Sherlock for this invaluable suggestion.

Quite often this is simply not possible.

Next time I read "according to our anonymous sources in the FBI", I'll make sure I reach out to them for verification.

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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by andreasmetsala on Friday January 03, 2025 @03:38AM (#42583781)
If you can’t verify it then that’s a rumor. The world doesn’t owe you an explanation and you can’t be informed of everything.
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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by sambeau on Monday December 30, 2024 @10:32AM (#42550154)
That’s not journalism, that’s something else. There used to be fact checkers and editors used to have to verify the sources. I realise that the press barons no longer have any integrity, but it certainly used to be the rule.
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