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Re:FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects by Dalewyn on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:49PM (#42884300)
Middlemen like town criers and nowadays "journalists" were useful when distributing information en masse quickly was a tremendous if not next to impossible logistical challenge.

Today when anyone can get information straight from the source instantly, we do not need these middlemen. There is no reason for this to be an NYT link, nor any other middleman link.

The less players there are in the game of telephone the more accurate the information will be.

Re:FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects by thomassmith65 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:12PM (#42884404)
Many news stories require domain expertise to understand.

If there's a news item involving Brazilian law, or a new Aluminum alloy, or a newly identified virus, then I likely wouldn't understand the raw data.

Middlemen are valuable to the extent either that they are knowledgeable about a topic, or have the resources to consult someone knowledgeable.

Re:FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects by none4methx on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:41PM (#42884519)
We can’t get the information from the source unless we know it’s there. That’s the service an algorithm will invisibly produce for us even after we murder the last logo between us and The News