Not worth the gamble

The basic rules of journalism should apply, says the writer: Be able to back what you’ve reported, especially when it involves sensitive matters. — This visual is human-created, AI-aided.

WHEN the Bloomberg editors approved the story about on-going talks to open a casino in Forest City in Johor, they must have been absolutely convinced by their information’s accuracy.

The three reporters, too, must have completely believed in their sources’ whispers to them.

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