“It would be difficult to devise a process more inclined to throw up errors than the production of a newspaper.”

—  Alan Rusbridger

Rusbridger (2000) as cited in Jarman, Ruth, ‎McClune, Billy (2007) Developing scientific literacy. p. 35.
2000s

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