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Published Date: 25 June 2007
THERE are some times when newspapers have to lie.
We dress it up in the far nicer title of subterfuge, but there are times when it has to be done. In some cases, reporters pretending to be somebody else or just not saying they are reporters is the only way to get a story that is in the public intere...



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  • Last Updated: 24 June 2007 9:21 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
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