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News outlet criticized for summarizing journalism without credit

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Dakota Carrasco, a former BlackRock analyst, has launched "The Dissent," a news outlet that aims to summarize and re-publish existing journalism without directly crediting the original sources. This approach has drawn criticism, with The San Francisco Standard highlighting an instance where The Dissent condensed a 7,000-word investigation into a 400-word summary, omitting any mention of the original publication. AI

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News outlet criticized for summarizing journalism without credit

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    San Francisco Standard: This BlackRock analyst wants to fix journalism. Step one? Skip the journalists. “In one example of The Dissent’s parasitic approach, [Da

    San Francisco Standard: This BlackRock analyst wants to fix journalism. Step one? Skip the journalists. “In one example of The Dissent’s parasitic approach, [Dakota] Carrasco’s site regurgitated and reduced a 7,000-word investigation of a complex real-estate battle by The Standar…

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