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nailer ◴[] No.37252399[source]
> Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter.

This means whenever Microsoft announce something or someone writes about something on Twitter, submit that instead of theverge.com.

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1. crazygringo ◴[] No.37252792[source]
The problem is that press releases often only give one side of a "story", while news articles often present it in a valuable narrative context.

E.g. a new product was announced because the old one used to catch fire. I mean the context isn't usually that dramatic, but there's often important information about a price change, or a response to previous consumer complaints, or how it fits into the broader product line, or is a response to competition -- all of which is much more valuable than anything in a press release.

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2. arp242 ◴[] No.37254756[source]
Press releases are basically just advertisements.
3. nailer ◴[] No.37260878[source]
Sure, but that’s what journalists do - verge articles are just repeats of the original source with nothing added other than a clickbait headline and larger images.