• SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Maybe, but that’s not how the article is framed.

        Personally, I don’t think someone spouting off should be repeated. Good journalism would be investigating and verifying the claim.

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          11 months ago

          He’s a government spokesman. Good journalism is to quote him directly, which they did. Quotation marks and everything.

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            11 months ago

            Good journalism would be not quoting and repeating unsubstantiated claims at all.

            Unless you’re going to write an article saying “spokesman makes wild and unsubstantiated claims at press conference”.