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Journalists report what sources say and do. They can’t report what sources think, believe or feel.

Dennis G. Jerz / 14 Aug 2021

Report what sources say and do, not what they think, feel, or believe. Bad example: Jim Smith's greatest fear is sausage. Good example: "I have nightmares about sausage," said Jim Smith, whose trip to the Dairy Air Farm took a turn for the wurst Friday when he dropped his keys into a meat grinder.

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