REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it …

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REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.197, University of Georgia Press
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REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.197, University of Georgia Press

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