Facts and comment

“Reuters says” is exactly where an agency wants to be. This means hiring columnists with care. But running from this is bad business, and would give the forces who will just twist something else to manipulate a story what amounts to a heckler's veto. There are spades out there and refusing to acknowledge any of them just makes one look silly these days, not professional. And I will even go one further: context in news stories which doesn't paint a clear picture of the players' motives is also weak. The market understands what's going on. It's good to acknowledge the elephant in the story. ■