‘A powerful and interesting directive on how to present the news’ (1941)
“Where we write a so-called dope story involving our own speculative opinions we will say frankly that these are speculative opinions, not verified.”
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“Where we write a so-called dope story involving our own speculative opinions we will say frankly that these are speculative opinions, not verified.”
Of course, PM did not exactly live up to this directive. It was constantly full of speculative opinions presented as facts.
A better one came from the head of BBC News after the war started: “Well, fellows, now that war’s come, your job is to tell the truth. And if you aren’t sure it’s the truth, don’t say it.”