David Simons Terrain Quotations

So, too, for reporters who routinely write stories using morgue clippings for background, or who work to catch up on a competitor?s reportage and err by not independently confirming every single detail. So, too, for every columnist who ever used reported material -- either his own newspaper?s or that of another -- as the given terrain on which to maneuver. A lot of people need to be fired, apparently.