# News That's Evidently Not Fit To Print

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-thats-evidently-not-fit-to-print/287248>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 29, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-thats-evidently-not-fit-to-print/287248 "2005-01-29T05:02:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-thats-evidently-not-fit-to-print/287248/101 "2005-10-18T18:49:42Z")

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So you find evidence—in the case of Janklow—that directly contradicts your central hypothesis, yet you are still “not fully convinced” that your hypothesis is unsustainable.

Color me 😕

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-thats-evidently-not-fit-to-print/287248/102 "2005-10-18T18:52:21Z")

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> [@acsenray](#):
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> RAdditionally, editors often cut ruthlessly because the No. 1 important feature of briefs is that they fit the space allocated to them. If the section is too long, an editor will start cutting out all sorts of information in order to cut it down to size. When you start getting to this point, there’s no time for rewriting, so an editor will start cutting out individual words. Whatever words can be cut out such that the sentence is still understandable and readable will be cut.

All the news that fits, we print. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-thats-evidently-not-fit-to-print/287248/103 "2005-10-18T19:04:12Z")

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> [@John Mace](#):
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> All the news that fits, we print. 🙂

Eeexactly.

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