Journalism in the age of bots: Where’s that news coming from?

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Back in the good old days, a president could be brought down by telephone calls, exceptional “Deep Throat” sourcing in underground parking lots, and, of course, extensive and dogged reporting.

Now, apparently, all we must do is type in a few words, and stories can be written in a matter of seconds by robots. Woodward and Bernstein this is not.

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