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Originally Posted by Brillopad
I think we have seen on here that even when posters do produce evidence from good sources people will still not take it on board if it doesn't fit in with their way of thinking. They will find some way off dismissing it.
Besides it would take me back to having to reference every flipping source used in a piece of work. Done and dusted.
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No one on here EVER produces good evidence from original, unbiased sources. Literally doesn't happen. I'm including myself in that, too, although I'd say I'm usually pretty upfront about my posts being based on my own opinion.
Using a newspaper article as a source - no matter WHICH newspaper - is using a second hand source already biased by the opinions of its author.
Tldr: newspapers are never good sources. You would never get away with citing one in an official or academic document as a source of fact. There's a reason for that.