Newspapers, TV documentaries, Wikipedia, research papers, etc tend to be edited or peer reviewed.
As for research papers, I agree that the peer review process makes them more much more self-correcting toward the objective truth, compared to the other formats. Nonetheless, it's well-known that academic research is far from perfect due to publication pressures, funding/grants, reproducibility crises, various biases (for example, political pressure in humanities fields).
Needless condescension and wrong assumption. No wonder so many people and students nowadays prefer answers (and even counseling) from LLMs instead of other people.
> but the absence of an editor or peer reviewer also does not make it better.
Strawman + putting words in my mouth.
I don't see how disputing up the claim that LLMs and books, newspapers, etc are equitable sources of information is a strawman. I look forward to your erudite vernacular which will not deal with the substance of my comment.