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thaumasiotesyesterday at 10:50 PM3 repliesview on HN

The existence of secondary sources doesn't reduce the need for primary sources. Before something can be published everywhere, it has to be published somewhere.


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arrowsmithtoday at 1:13 AM

The CIA World Factbook is a tertiary source.

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themafiayesterday at 11:22 PM

The CIA was a secondary source. This bulk of this material is all drawn from other publications. Which you can now access in ways you could not before.

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throwawayq3423yesterday at 11:11 PM

Not if everything is made up on the spot for clicks and views, which is where we're heading.