Word: rumoring
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...slowing that sweep, a few media outlets do resist encouraging the churning of the rumor mill. The most responsible coverage last week was to be found, interestingly, on the pages of The Boston Globe. It would be naïve “to take at face value documents discovered in secret police files years after a Stalinist regime has vanished,” the editorial board asserted on Saturday. In exactly this manner, journalists should pause before using their power to shock and spread controversy. Their prime responsibility is to exercise caution when making claims and, when blunders occur...
...before Nov. 5. Part of this has to do with the 13 percent of independent voters who believe that Obama is a Muslim; as long as the possibility exists that this perception will jeopardize his chance of winning undecided votes, Obama’s campaign will prioritize disabling the rumor mill over dismantling religious stereotypes...
...Youngest recorded person to enter the Kong’s second floor. Rumor has it she was 12. Some say she was just really short...
Other than that, no one would officially confirm the parties involved in the negotiations. Tony Cervone, GM vice president of communications for North America, said GM was not going to comment on any discussion with Chrysler. "Without referencing this specific rumor, as we've often said, GM officials routinely discuss issues of mutual interest with other automakers," said Cervone. As for Cerberus, Tim Price, an executive with the company said, "I'm not going to comment on private business meetings." But Price added, "Look, everybody is talking to everybody else in the automobile industry...
...then, even in the craziness of a late-stage presidential campaign, the clouds of rumor and allegation, and the charges and countercharges - all the stuff Ross Perot used to call "monkey dust" - will clear for a moment and a blinding moment of clarity will distill the essence of the situation...