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• [Operation] Rockingham was spinning reports and emphasizing reports that showed non-compliance (by Iraq with UN inspections) and quashing those which showed compliance. It was cherry-picking intelligence.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, Spinning, Cherries

  Sunday Herald, June 8, 2003.

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• And honestly, if anyone thinks they can get an accurate picture of anyplace on the planet by reading news reports, they're sadly mistaken.

  Bruce Schneier

  Reading, Thinking, News

  "Should Terrorism be Reported in the News?". Cryptogram newsletter, www.schneier.com. May 15, 2005.

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• I remember reports that the American and English newspapers were very happy about the fact that so many were killed in Dresden. There are many instances of barbarity and cruelty on the part of the Allies which I could tell you.

  Julius Streicher

  Allies, Facts, Remember

  Said to Leon Goldensohn, June 15, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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• Spies could be invaluable in peacetime, once the fighting actually started, their value dropped steeply. When the swords were out, it was the information your own scouts provided that mattered, not reports from unknown people whose veracity you couldn't prove.

  David Weber

  War, Fighting, People

  David Weber (2014). “Safehold Boxed Set 1: Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, and By Heresies Distressed”, p.709, Tor Science Fiction

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• Reports about very innocent people being thrown into detention, where they could be held for years without any representation or charges, is distressing.

  Dana Perino

  Years, People, Innocent

  Dana Perino during Press Briefing, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 1, 2007.

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• After careful consideration, we have decided that for our next fiscal year, we'll issue guidance on comparable store used unit sales and on earnings per share only for the full fiscal year. We will no longer issue quarterly guidance. This decision reflects our continuing focus on longer-term store, sales, and earnings growth and on return on invested capital, and our recognition that the performance in shorter-term periods can be more volatile than over the longer term. As we report our quarterly results, we plan to comment on how our performance is tracking against our annual guidance.

  Austin Ligon

  Years, Issues, Focus

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• We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment,.

  Gary Pruitt

  Able, Tough, Advertising

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• It is more important what the jobs report shows in December and January -- that will affect how many rate hikes we'll have this spring.

  David Malpass

  Jobs, Spring, Important

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• Over the past few years, the Supreme Court was six times more likely to accept cases from an elite group of 66 lawyers than it was from more than 99 percent of those who petitioned the court. That's the finding of a recent Reuters special report called "The Echo Chamber." It illustrates how almost half the appeals accepted by the court over a nine-year period came from this cadre of elite lawyers--many of whom have personal connections to the nine justices.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Past, Years, Echoes

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• My experience is that journalists report on the nearest-cliche algorithm, which is extremely uninformative because there aren't many cliches, the truth is often quite distant from any cliche, and the only thing you can infer about the actual event was that this was the closest cliche. It is simply not possible to appreciate the sheer awfulness of mainstream media reporting until someone has actually reported on you. It is so much worse than you think.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Thinking, Media, Appreciate

  Comment to the article "Predictible Fakers" by Robin Hanson, www.overcomingbias.com. January 20, 2009.

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• The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting legal weapons really, they don't just gag the press, they gag them from mentioning the existence of the gag. Sport belongs in a news bulletin about as much as a mummified cat's head belongs in a Caesar salad. Combine the "mounting pressure" with the "growing cause" and you've got yourself a "media whirlwind" which you can also refer to.

  Charlie Brooker

  Sports, Cat, Media

  "Newswipe with Charlie Brooker", 2009 - 2010.

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• Okay, look at it this way: if the evening news has a very high probability of being accurate, then it's highly improbable that they would inaccurately report the numbers chosen in the lottery. That counterbalances any improbability in the choosing of those numbers, so you're quite rational to believe in this highly improbable event.

  William Lane Craig

  Believe, Numbers, Events

  "The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity". Book by Lee Strobel, 2000.

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• It is no good saying we [journalists] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven.

  John Humphrys

  Journalist, Proven

  2004 In the Sunday Times, 8 Feb.

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• The Big-Media collective, however, is slow, stupid and shackled by ideology. Reality must bite them before they’ll recognize it, much less report it.

  Ilana Mercer

  Stupid, Reality, Media

  "President Pinicchio's Growing Proboscis". www.wnd.com. October 31, 2013.

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• I had orders to report to Brigadier General Lindsey, and he said to me, "Well, York, I hear you have captured the whole damned German army." And I told him I only had 132.

  Alvin C. York

  Army, Order, Said

  "Understanding the Odyssey : A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents" by Claudia D. Johnson, 2003.

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• The left's obsession with corporations as a spawn of evil is pathological paranoia. A corporation is just one form of organizing a private business enterprise for purposes of limiting personal liability, issuing stock, filing financial reports and paying taxes. Other forms include partnerships and sole proprietorships. Are they less evil? You buy your groceries from corporations, your cars, newspapers, cellphones, clothing and exercise equipment. Your parents and children work for corporations. Are they evil?

  Mike Rosen

  Children, Exercise, Evil

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• People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.

  Cary Cooper

  People, Want, Illness

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• A new report reveals that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent over $82,000 on food at NFL games. Christie said, 'Hey, both of those games went into overtime.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Games, Nfl, Jersey

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• A new report says that dogs can sniff out prostate cancer with almost 98 percent accuracy. The report also finds that cats can sniff it out with 100 percent accuracy but they prefer to watch you die.

  Conan O'Brien

  Dog, Cancer, Cat

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• A new report says that last year Colorado collected $44 million in marijuana taxes. Unfortunately, they can't remember where they put it.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marijuana, Years, Colorado

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• A new report says ISIS is trying to recruit professionals like doctors, engineers, and accountants. Sorry, kids, even ISIS says they're not hiring liberal arts majors.

  Conan O'Brien

  Art, Sorry, Kids

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• The new CIA torture report is 6 million pages long. It's almost as long as a George Clooney pre-nup.

  David Letterman

  Long, Pages, Torture

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• According to a new report, since he's been governor, Chris Christie has spent $82,000 at a concession stand at MetLife Stadium. Now, I know it seems like the perfect story for a Chris Christie joke but I'm actually on a Chris Christie joke diet. So nothing for me, thanks.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Perfect, Stories, Thanks

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• There are reports that Kim Jong Un climbed North Korea's highest mountain. Kim Jong Un said all it took to climb that mountain was hard work, determination, and lying about climbing that mountain.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Determination, Lying, Hard Work

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• There are reports that President Obama and his family may move to New York City after his term is over. Unfortunately, the city is so expensive, he's looking for another ex-president to be roommates with.

  Jimmy Fallon

  New York, Moving, Cities

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