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What is sane washing and why do journalists do it?

Unspun
Unspun
Episode • Oct 22, 2024 • 15m

If a politician says something that's garbled or hard to understand, a journalist's go-to is to not quote, but paraphrase. But does that do a disservice when it obscures the fact that the politician is often like this? DrSturg breaks down how journalists choose to paraphrase and quote and how that might not work so well in the modern media climate. 

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