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DCBob

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7. How do you know its "dishonest spin" ??

Reply to Prism (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 07:48 AM

Jan 2012

It does look a bit odd to cut it off there but maybe the actual quote contained some superfulous words and the author was just trying to make it more concise.. a common accepted practice in journalism.

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How do you know its "dishonest spin" ?? DCBob Jan 2012 #7

Not a common practice . . . Prism Jan 2012 #11

so are you claiming he intentionally misquoted the guy? DCBob Jan 2012 #12

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