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Originally Posted by nomadking
How many publications are there around the world? Hundreds? Are they each expected to validate sources? Just because people disagree with a particular source, doesn't automatically mean the story isn't true.
This story does seem odd in that they would unlikely to get anywhere with such a case.Hasn't stopped them before though.
Be wary of what "approved" publications are NOT reporting or at the very least not giving the full picture. Eg Giving the impression that X is a unique UK problem, when it's a lot wider, ie EU and beyond.
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Chris has worked in the profession and could probably contribute to the source validation point from a newspaper's perspective.
With diminished budgets and the need to publish quickly, I imagine more short cuts are taken these days than 30 years ago, for example, when the Internet was in its infancy,
I'm not sure what an approved publication is.