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I soon realized the germ of every TV-news segment is: “Officials say X.” The validity of the story derives from the authority of the source. The expert, such as myself, is on hand to add dimension or clarity. Truth flowed one way: from the official source, through the anchor, past the expert, and onward into the great sea of viewerdom.
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I think he left out the point where the story passes through the offices of Cover-our-Ass, Protect-the-Bottom Line, and Most-Politically-effective-Story-Presentation.
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The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
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