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"Confirming" a story

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rodrustrules	Posted - 7/19/2012 1:54:50 PM \| show profile \| flag this post good stuff here: http://www.mervinblock.com/?q=node/117

stopbs--	Posted - 7/19/2012 3:11:35 PM \| show profile \| flag this post Thanks, Rod I think more of us are using the "confirmed the story" phrase since the internet has usually broken the "news" hours ago. What we're actually saying is "We know that you've already heard this, well now we're telling it to you too." Blocks right.

rodrustrules	Posted - 7/19/2012 9:23:36 PM \| show profile \| flag this post ESPN's one of the biggest offenders of this. they see a story broken elsewhere, then steal it by saying 1 of their own people "confirmed" it.