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'Copy And Paste' Can Help You Avoid Many Mistakes

No, we're not suggesting anyone plagiarize. This is about an easy step that can make stories more accurate.

Now that everyone is clued in about CQ'ing, we want to talk about a simple step toward accuracy that some have been taking for years, but others aren't.

Copy and paste.

We're not suggesting anyone lift lines or phrases from others' reporting. That's plagiarism.

What we're talking about is an efficient way to

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