Add a quote from Bob Schieffer's recent book about freedom of the press.

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(4) Search for the Guilty.
(5) Punishment for the Innocent.
(6) Distinction for the Uninvolved.
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Phil [Record] was known as the Hat because he always wore a felt
snap brim. It was the standard uniform for police reporters, for one
reason: it made it easier for them to pass themselves off as detectives.
We had an informal code of ethics then; we never lied about who we were.
But if people mistook us for the police, that was their problem, not ours.
If they thought they were giving confidential information to an investigator,
well, that was their problem, too. As we understood the First Amendment,
everyone had a right to talk to the _Star-Telegram_, even if they didn't
know they were talking to the _Star-Telegram_.
-- Bob Schieffer, "This Just In"
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Price Wang's programmer was coding software. His fingers danced upon
the keyboard. The program compiled without an error message, and the program