Reading the news behind the news


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 22 Jun 2003

News reports are more than laundry lists of reported incidents, but even laundry lists are subjectively compiled. In some cases, error or disinformation has led to the misreporting of recent events. BUNN NAGARA writes. 

NEWS must always be factual, but they are never just statements of fact. They are factual accounts of events by a reporter, not mere lists of sterile data. 

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