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Opinion | A Likely Story . . . And That's Precisely the Problem - The Washington Post
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A journalist -- I'm not exactly sure who -- once memorably said about the process of producing a daily newspaper: "You don't want to see how that sausage is made." Actually, that line wasn't about journalism at all, which is perhaps why I couldn't remember who said it or when. The original saying had to do with Congress. The wag was Mark Twain (1835-1910). "People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either one being made," he deadpanned.
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