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ificandream

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9. A reporter will repeat that past information in stories.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:42 AM

10 hrs ago

That's why you see summaries of past developments at the bottom of stories. Granted, they sometimes get cut for lack of space, but it's traditional to do that. Given that this was a website and not a print publication, there was no space problem for the writer.

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