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Facebook Helped Decimate the Media Industry but Wants Journalists to Do Its Job
Disingenuous Defense
“The idea that there are enough journalists out there to fact check all the false claims on Facebook is naive.”
Blake Montgomery
Former Reporter/Editor
Published
Jan. 11 2020
5:24AM EST
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Blake Montgomery
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