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Benton, Joshua. "There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 20 Mar. 2025. Web. 28 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2025, Mar. 20). There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 28, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/theres-another-reason-the-l-a-times-ai-generated-opinion-ratings-are-bad-this-one-doesnt-involve-the-klan/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 20, 2025. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/theres-another-reason-the-l-a-times-ai-generated-opinion-ratings-are-bad-this-one-doesnt-involve-the-klan/.
Wikipedia
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