You know, we've put a million stories in our wastebaskets over the years, because they don't...check...out. [emphasis by author]
Today, we publish, or we broadcast, the mere fact of the accusation, regardless of whether it's filled with helium.
That's what changed in our business. We served as transmission belts for this stuff without ever inquiring into its accuracy.
Because that's the way the news business runs now.
- Tom Oliphant, Boston Globe Columnist, 2003
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