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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why do so many news agencies cite Reuters stories for their information? What's so special about Reuters?
gpt
Most outlets reporting news can't afford to have a presense around the world. So they have to get a lot of their coverage of global news from a few companies that have extensive global networks of reporters, such as Reuters and Associated Press.

As an example, for most of the year, your average newspaper doesn't need to have a reporter in Ethiopia or Tajikistan. But if something newsworthy happens there, they want to report it. So they'll get the story from Reuters reporter who's there and go from that.