The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoro...ughness 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.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs--unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and ...felony criminal defendents who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »