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niyad

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6. I have a slightly different complaint. As a former editor, operatimg under
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:18 PM
2 hrs ago

5 w's model (preferably in the first, or at least first two paragraphs), what passes for written "journalism" these days makes me want to scream. Headline reads "major retailer shutting down after 90 years". No name is given until the end. .all sorts of filler before then. I have given up trying to read my news feed, because I want to strangle the "writers" (I use the term VERY loosely!). And, another irritant. In "articles" (again, I use the term VERY loosely!), whether about companies, organizations, etc., no contact information or location is given. It is apparently an assumption that everyone has access to a computer and can just look it up. grrrrrrrr.

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