The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.
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the best obtainable version of the truth. It's a simple concept, but difficult to do.
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Not on a paper run by a media conglomerate, ... And the public may not react with the same indignation.
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