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# Really good.
But please remember, folks, those shitty practices are not common. They're very uncommon. And absolutely unheard of at the local/regional level.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 19:58, archived)
# No offense
but I don't think you or anyone else is in a position to make such a sweeping statement.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 20:20, archived)
# Yes
Maybe try owning your statements as in 'I have never heard of..."
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 20:35, archived)
# OK. It's unheard of in the city in which I live and work.
Chiefly for this reason: why, as a reporter, go to the trouble of committing a crime just for the sake of a story, which'll be everywhere the following day anyway?
There is no good reason, unless you're writhing in a snakepit of competition, being put under pressure by an editor to get exclusives at any cost.

To keep it brief, follow the money.
(, Wed 6 Jul 2011, 20:47, archived)