Also “the warp speed of the net”!
The accuracy of my work and the quality of it, with my own commitment to doing things right, must not be lost because I failed to develop the best system for writing and meeting deadlines that was new to me after a quarter century of doing old, traditional journalism. Speed, the desire for a scoop, the natural inclination to want to break news on a developing story of national importance, made me shortcut my own rigorous standards.
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Because, you know, up until a year or two ago, daily reporting was a leisurely, gentlemanly pursuit, somewhat akin to croquet…
