Relying on data aggregators is not the same as referencing someone else's work or using tools.
When you read a news article that references a study and summarizes its findings, seek out the study and see if it says what they say it does. Use whatever tools to find it, but read it yourself.
Reading someone else's study is not doing your own research. It's reading someone else's research (which certainly references other people's work), and if you are not trained in the field, you might not have the knowledge and experience necessary to accurately interpret the results of the study.
If your goal is to warn people against relying on a single resource without questioning the info, I'm with you 100%. But burying your head in the sand is the only way to avoid relying on other people's work to gather, filter, and aggregate news.
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When you read a news article that references a study and summarizes its findings, seek out the study and see if it says what they say it does. Use whatever tools to find it, but read it yourself.