• SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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    10 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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      10 months ago

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