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No Matt, it's not that. It's writing up a story, not having received comments from one party, explaining how you've given the party many chances to comment on the matter, for honesty's sake and the integrity of journalism, yet never considering that perhaps that party's refusal to comment could be due to other matters, legal or what have you, and indirectly making that party look shady for not returning the honest gesture.


Assuming he is a moderately competent journalist that has done his homework about the subject he is writing about, he's aware of this:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=777010




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