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Writing a skinback

Posted by ESC on July 14, 2011 at 15:08

"For the first time in my 45-year-old career I am writing a skinback. That is what journalists call a retraction of the premise of a piece, as in peeling back your skin and feeling the pain." COLUMN - How I misread News Corp's taxes: David Cay Johnston. Jul 13, 2011. [Dead link removed - ed]

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