People say journalism is merely a first, rough draft of history. But the problem here is that this draft appears to have been canonised, passing largely unedited into popular conscience.

• 人们说，新闻不过是记录历史粗略的初稿。但现在的问题是，这份初稿似乎已被奉为圣典，大部分内容未经校对就化入了公众的良知。