Mediagazer: Unreliable Sources: How the 20th Century Was Reported, by John Simpson (Giles Foden/Guardian)

11:50 PM ET, April 11, 2010

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Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg:

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CNN:

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Giles Foden / Guardian:

Unreliable Sources: How the 20th Century Was Reported, by John Simpson — Giles Foden agrees with John Simpson that news gathering is a form of escapology — The Relief of Ladysmith on 27 February 1900. Photograph: John Henry Frederick Bacon/Getty Images/The Bridgeman Art Library

Reuters:

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TechCrunch:

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Jeffrey Fleishman / Los Angeles Times:

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