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		jrowen 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after c... Kind of the same thing as "it was reported in a newspaper." It would normally be expected of a journalist to cite the specific source if they can.

londons_explore 8 days ago [–]

Journalists love to be vague about sources so you don't go to the source.

jrowen 8 days ago | | [–]

Sure, there's a lot of that around, but I wouldn't call it journalism. Clickbait maybe.

whstl 8 days ago | | [–]

Clearly not the case here, since there's a link.

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