More from the world of vibe-coded tools. I'm not recommending this one (because you actually have to pay to use it) but I'm mentioning it here because it speaks volumes about how the news gets its news in the first place. In a nutshell: people who have something to sell (consulting, products, books) employ agents to contact journalists. Journalists, meanwhile, put out calls across their networks (which are followed by these agents) for sources and spokespeople. The thing is, the less journalists spend on researching good sources, the worse the sources they actually find tend to be, which is how funding cuts erode quality journalism. I don't see this tool changing that equation any time soon, though I'm always on the lookout for something that might work on the journalists' end.
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