On: Please read the paper before you comment

[jpindar]

Same with articles about legislation. They rarely give the actual name or number of a bill or law.

[ThinkingGuy → jpindar]

Clay Johnson, author of "The Information Diet," wrote about this 10 years ago:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120205012403/http://www.inform...

It really made me much more conscious about seeking out and reading original sources, rather than relying on interpretations and summaries from journalists, bloggers, etc.