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Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: After John Oliver, the you-get-what-you-pay-for imperative has never been clearer." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Aug. 2016. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Doctor, K. (2016, Aug. 10). Newsonomics: After John Oliver, the you-get-what-you-pay-for imperative has never been clearer. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/08/newsonomics-after-john-oliver-the-you-get-what-you-pay-for-imperative-has-never-been-clearer/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "Newsonomics: After John Oliver, the you-get-what-you-pay-for imperative has never been clearer." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 10, 2016. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/08/newsonomics-after-john-oliver-the-you-get-what-you-pay-for-imperative-has-never-been-clearer/.
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