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The Guardian / John Naughton / Aug 30, 2021
“…most of what one finds on Substack or its counterparts is actually just opinion. It’s pure commentary. And so the growth of newsletters suggests that C.P. Scott’s famous dictum — that comment is free but facts are sacred — needs to be updated: facts are increasingly rare and hard to come by and commentary is increasingly expensive.”
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