Re: NPR has learned

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slidge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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?
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>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

The rough equivalent of that in legal terms is "upon information and
belief."
Meaning "we're pretty sure this is true, but we're hoping nobody calls us
on it
because it would be at least a minor pain to prove it."

Rick B., still not a lawyer