BLAME THE REPORTER!
The local reporters of a certain provincial town, having been found fault with for their method of reporting the speeches at the Council’s meetings, retaliated by giving the speech of one of the members exactly as it was spoken. When the councillor looked for his speech next morning, it read as follows : "The reporters ought not to —the reporters ought not to be the ones to judge of what is important—not to say what should be left out—but—the members can only judge of what is important. As I —as ray speeches —as the reports—as what I say is reported sometimes, no one —nobody can understand from the reports —what it is—what I mean. So —it strikes me —it has struck me certain matters —things that appear of no importance are sometimes left out—omitted. The reporters—the papers points are reported I mean—to make a brief statement what the paper thinks of interest is reported.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1431, 31 July 1915, Page 4
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156BLAME THE REPORTER! Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1431, 31 July 1915, Page 4
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