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by alisonkisk 2040 days ago
Journalists have sources. They name sources. They avoid linking to sources because sources are their competition for attention and ad/subscription revenue.

It's the same reason shops don't link to their competitors' or wholesalers' websites

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>It's the same reason shops don't link to their competitors' or wholesalers' websites

Hardly. That's competition.

On the other hand your journalists are falling hard on using unnamed sources and tweets. What about back story, recent history, historically relevant information? Most articles are virtually all filler, no references, a quote, no context, no history.