Article: "When a Hit is Amiss"

[Mervin Block]

Dear Friend,

Did Humpty Dumpty really fall? Did he jump? Or was he pushed?

We do know a rhyme was committed.

Those questions are the kinds that reporters--and anchors, too--face every day, probably more than once a day.

Before they go on the air, they usually need to pin down answers hard to come by.

A recent event reminded me of the quest for accuracy in the face of difficulty. So in an effort to nail a key fact in the

Murdoch story, I did some poking around on the Internet. As a result, I wrote an article, "When a Hit is Amiss."

You can read it at my website: http://www.mervinblock.com/?q=node/114 .

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Mervin Block

Television Newswriting Workshop

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