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Behnaz Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Reporters in scoop

The manipulation of news is most clearly visible in times of war. A BBC journalist speaking about the present war in Iraq compared his situation with that of the reporters in Scoop, Waugh’s satirical novel on the press. In the book, everyone was sure that the real story was happening somewhere else…but they weren’t exactly sure how to get there.

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Can anyone translate the sentensec above in easy english ,please?

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In "Scoop", the satirical novel about being a journalist written by Waugh, all the reporters know that something is happening somewhere that they should be reporting, but no-one knows how to get there. A BBC journalist recently compared his own situation (as a reporter working on the war in Iraq) with that in the book: he knows there is something happening somewhere but he doesn't know how to get there. This shows that the way in which news is manipulated is very evident in times of war.

— Feebs11

  • In "Scoop", the satirical novel about being a journalist written by Waugh, all the reporters know that something is happening somewhere that they should be reporting, but no-one knows how to get there.
  • A BBC journalist recently compared his own situation (as a reporter working on the war in Iraq) with that in the book: he knows there is something happening somewhere but he doesn't know how to get there.
  • This shows that the way in which news is manipulated is very evident in times of war.
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In "Scoop", the satirical novel about being a journalist written by Waugh, all the reporters know that something is happening somewhere that they should be reporting, but no-one knows how to get there. A BBC journalist recently compared his own situation (as a reporter working on the war in Iraq) with that in the book: he knows there is something happening somewhere but he doesn't know how to ge
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