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If the truth is not reported, rumors and confusion grow and more problems then occur. People start imagining certain scenarios that are not true and those scenarios may be much more harmful than any concern over copycats or the crying wolf that leads to ambivalence.
He's been on the bench quite a bit this season, but I decided this was the time to throw him in. He played in central midfield and did well.
We needed to freshen things up, and Andy is just the person to do that.
Traditionally, news organizations are very careful about reporting bomb threats. We don't want to prompt copycats who might see the story and seek attention by duplicating the bomb threats or to give any notoriety to the person who was calling in those bomb threats.
We don't know where it's going wrong, but it's a bitter pill to swallow.
We've got them over two legs in the Cup, but we can give ourselves a big lift in confidence if we can overcome them tomorrow.
We've got a lot of games coming up and I don't want Nobby to aggravate the little knock he picked up.
This is one of those case where there can be multiple, justifiable ethical right answers.
If the journalist was paying someone for their information, cooperation and participation, the payment may taint the reliability of the story and the truth being sought. Credibility is affected. Some would even put the term 'checkbook journalism' on this matter.
It's not our style to defend. We won't entirely throw caution to the wind, but we're certainly not going to sit back.