Assumptions are a journalist’s Achilles Heel
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AL ARABIYAIn reporting terrorist incidents like Friday’s massacre and bombing in Norway, we journalists violate a cardinal rule of the profession: report the facts, never assume.
The facts as they became clear over many hours never bore out the assumption fueled by pundits and terrorism experts with a vested interest in keeping …
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