Leak Inquiries Show How Wide a Net U.S. Cast

[George Gently]

7. The greatest felony in the NEWS BUSINESS today is to be behind,

or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised."

Carl Bernstein

(emphasis mine)