• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    16 days ago

    […] For a journalists, just fact checking someone online doesn’t make you a journalists. If you went out to fact check something at the source, compiled a bunch of evidence and presented it publicly, then you’d call your self a journalist. […]

    I agree ­— it fits by definition [1], at the very least.

    References
    1. “journalism”. Merriam-Webster. Accessed: 2024-12-12T01:09Z. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalism.
      • §2.b.

        writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation