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>When in doubt, overreach for an inappropriate word: > >"Mr. Roddy testified that Ms. Jordan was "gob-smacked" >when he told her she gave $10,000 to judicial >candidate Cheryl Allen." > >Paging Dr. Roddy, Dr. Roddy ... > >"Mr. Roddy said that his experience ran contrary to a >doctor's report that Ms. Jordan was psychotic and her >memory was very impaired." > >2 + 2 = 5. Just take Dennis' word for it: > >"Under cross-examination from defense attorney Thomas >J. Farrell, Mr. Roddy said he threw away the notes and >deleted the tape recording of the interview." > >Of course, the note destruction issue is crucial to >both the case and journalism in general. Here's a >fairly brief story on different sides of the debate > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=1785">http://ww >w.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=1785</a> > >My practice and experience with other reporters is >that we all keep stacks of full note books for a long >time. What do you do? And what have you seen of >Dennis' desk and drawers? Full of papers and >notebooks, or neat as a pin?

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