The Newsroom Habit That Burns Through Facts and Decency

When Words Get Sharp Instead of Honest

When reporters jump on a tragedy before anyone knows what’s real, a special kind of chill runs through a city.

A crime occurs, and a suspect is taken into custody, while officers stand in the hallway of a hospital, waiting for updates on their wounded partners.

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While society holds its breath, some reporters treat the moment as an opportunity to score style points; they start talking fast, coloring the space with guesses, showing a hunger that has nothing to do with truth. Instead, it feels less like reporting and more like a poisonous instinct that reveals how far parts of the legacy media have slipped.

A Crime Near the White House and

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