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From: john@mintaka.mlb.semi.harris.com (John M. Blasik)
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Subject: Re: JSC phone ripoff followup article
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Date: 12 Dec 90 16:30:57 GMT
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In article <1m5XT1w163w@wnss> las@wnss (root) writes:
>        I'd hope I'm speaking for my whole profession, but I'll have to
>limit it to myself and the individuals I work with.  As journalists, we 
>do try to check our facts as completely as possible.  But often, we're 
>called upon to make judgement calls, determining whether the pressure 
>of a deadline is more or less important than taking at face value the 
>information given us by a "usually reliable source or informant".  

But what about editors? Our local rag carried the AP story before NASA
responded to the outrageous dollar amount of the loss. They didn't
run a follow-up.

-- john