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dixiegrrrrl

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6. Exactly.

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 09:06 AM

Sep 2015

As a rule, when I hear of "news" attributed to un named source, I tend to dismiss it.
When journalism was real, back in the day, the rule was you had to have at least 3 verifiable sources.
In fact, the need for those sources was one of the issue to the whole Washington Post investigation of Watergate.

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It worked before, why not now? If you want to force the hand of those who would rather make sense Ford_Prefect Sep 2015 #1

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I cannot believe in the Telegraph as serious news. Too much history they already "made". Ford_Prefect Sep 2015 #5

Exactly. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #6

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There are frequent observations that the UN is controlled by USA..we shall see. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #9

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