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intheflow

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4. News departments used to hire librarians as fact checkers.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 05:14 AM

Yesterday

Now the talent is supposed to do their own research without being trained how to research. As Neil Gaiman once said, “Google can bring you 10,000 answers, a librarian will get you the right one.” (Might be paraphrased, but you get the idea.)

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