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Source: I am not sure where the original credit for this belongs but it was Joe Brown (ex Australian Firefighter) who posted this version – thanks Joe:  
@_JoeBrown_ , Victoria, Australia.

 

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Author Colin LawsonPosted on March 15, 2014March 15, 2014Categories Finance, Media, Politics

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The parable of the reporter and the meadow

A reporter encounters two men returning from the fields. He asks them what they had been doing. The first man says they have been to the meadow to cut the grass; it was now immaculate. The second man says they have done no such thing; not a blade of grass has been touched.

A bad reporter quotes just one of the men.

A mediocre reporter quotes both.

A good reporter goes and looks at the sodding meadow.

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