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"....Media outlets throughout the world have reported Jimmy Massey's claims of war crimes, frequently without ever seeking to verify them....But none of the AP reporters ever called Ravi Nessman, an Associated Press reporter who was embedded with Massey's unit. ....Jack Stokes, a spokesman for the AP, said he didn't know why the reporters didn't talk to Nessman, nor could he explain why the AP ran stories without seeking a response from the Marine Corps. The organization also refused to allow Nessman to be interviewed for this story....
"That Massey wasn't telling the truth should have become obvious the more he told his stories, said Phillip Dixon, former managing editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer ...."He couldn't keep his story straight," said Dixon.....
Smith said that, unfortunately, that is the nature of the newspaper business."You could take any day's newspaper and probably pick out a half dozen or more stories that ought to be subjected to a more rigorous truth test," ....
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