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Some certainly are, but they don't often get the "pass" people like Burns and Hannah-Jones do. Far too many journalists are being mistaken for historians these days. At least within the historical community there can be room for debate grounded in actual sources. Journalists all too often don't feel constrained by simple things like accuracy and source attribution.

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The same is also increasingly true these days when it comes to science and medicine. Case in point Dr Fauci yesterday proclaimed he is not "political."

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