Is it useful to have a section of my site that re-posts articles from other sites?

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Published on May 29, 2012 8:53:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sfUDr3w8I

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Many sites have a press release section, or a news section that re-posts relevant articles. Since it's all duplicate content, they be better off removing these sections (even with plenty of other unique content)? Gus, MA

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