Re: NPR has learned

> In the Bloch-age of Justice, the NPR re****ting always starts with "NPR
> has learned that...".  I don't notice that formula being used for other
> news stories.  Does the phraseology mean something special?

I always figured it meant that the story wasn't from any original
re****ting, but that they were relaying someone else's story/article/blog
post/Youtube video/Internet email rumor/Comment made by drunk Uncle Earl
during Thanksgiving