• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    3 days ago

    […] Someone has to create the primary source at the point of something happening or existing. […]

    Presumably the event was recorded, or the thing existing measured. Imo, these recordings and measurements would be what’s cited and reported on as novel information in a news article. I could possibly be convinced otherwise, but I think that the mere action of recording, or measuring isn’t news on its own — it must be published.