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Speed sometimes favoured over accuracy

The commercial fight for viewers and readers can lead to journalists favouring speed over accuracy.

Claim made by Martin Moore, Director of the Media Standards Trust, in The Independent:

"Traditonal media outlets are "locked in a desperate commercial fight for viewers and readers... That can mean journalists are forced into favouring speed over accuracy."

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